Catherine Breillat Movies

Anne, a brilliant lawyer, lives in perfect harmony with her husband Pierre and their six and eight-year-old daughters, in a house on the heights of Paris. One day, Theo, 17,…

Anatomy of a murder. Christophe has murdered Frédérique, his lover. He’s in his 20s, an entrepreneur who likes to pick up chicks with his misogynist friend Philippe; she’s in her…

A night in the life of a young woman who wishes to learn and experience more of life. The men she meets have as much to learn from her as…

A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.

A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships. Elena is 15, beautiful and flirtatious. Her less confident sister, Anais, is 12, and…

Jeanne is a director struggling with a difficult sex scene between two actors who can’t stand each other. Aided by her loyal assistant Leo, Jeanne is hell-bent on getting the…

A young French man and an older English woman spend one night together on a ship.

August, 1963; Alice, 14, an only child, and physically well developed, is home for vacation. She’s moody, silent, keeps a diary, and explores tactile sensations with broken eggs, candle wax,…

At 30, boyish penniless aristocrat Ryno de Marigny has separated from Villini, a passionate Spaniard and his mistress of 10 years. He’s now in love with Hermangarde, a young, wealthy,…

Although deeply in love with her boyfriend – and indeed sleeping in the same bed with him – a schoolteacher cannot handle the almost complete lack of intimacy he will…

A man rescues a woman from a suicide attempt in a gay nightclub. Walking the streets together, she propositions him: She’ll pay him to visit her at her isolated house…

An adaptation of the classic tale of a wealthy aristocrat with a blue beard.