The cinema of Catherine Breillat / / by Sophie Belot.

• Superior document: Contemporary cinema ; v. 7
• Author: Belot, Sophie.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Rodopi,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary Cinema ; 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (170 pages) :; illustrations.

In The Cinema of Catherine Breillat , Bélot offers a detailed analysis of Breillat’s past and recent films. Breillat is one of the most internationally renowned French women filmmakers whose notoriety is built on her explicit representation of women’s sexuality. Most of her films rely on a female protagonist’s personal and intimate search of her self, characterised by her sexual journey. Facing censorship and controversy, Breillat’s films do not easily fit classification and place the viewer into an uncomfortable position. This study looks at Breillat as an independent cinema auteur entertaining a close relation with her films by exploring and positing women, from adolescence to adulthood, as sexual beings reflecting her films’ identity emanating from Breillat’s personal or intimate scenes.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : Catherine Breillat’s Scènes Intimes -- ‘Le Cinéma de Catherine Breillat’ -- Viewing (Dis)pleasure -- The Teen Years in Une vraie jeune fille, 36 fillette, and A ma soeur! -- A Male Adolescent Sexual Journey -- Adult Female Sexual Desire -- Conclusion.