Biography of Catherine Breillat

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July 13, 1948
Director, screenwriter and writer Catherine Breillat was born in Bressuire (France) on July 13, 1948. Considered one of the most important authors regarding the themes of sexuality, she has written intense and courageous film, placed at the edge of the scandal much to being sometimes referred to as "hard".
At the age of seventeen he published "l'homme facile" (1965), his first novel. The 1972 dates from his first cinematic experience and is in the movie tense erotica-theme for which will make school-Bernardo Bertolucci's "last tango in Paris" who plays Mouchette. Leave early acting career to devote himself to the activity of a screenwriter. Working for Maurice Pialat and movie "Police" (1985), he collaborates with Liliana Cavani for "skin" (1981) and with Federico Fellini for "E la nave va" (1983); It also cooperates with another Italian, Marco Bellocchio: is Assistant Editor for "eyes, mouth" (1982). Meanwhile in 1976 had his directorial debut: suitable for film his novel "Le soupirail", producing the film "the adolescent" (Une vraie jeune fille); Catherine Breillat also takes care of the soundtrack, which will also later for the film "my sister!" (À ma soeur!, 2000), the latter film which tells the story of 12-year-old Anaïs, bulimic who feeds a feeling of love-hate for the 15-year-old sister Elena, sunny and beautiful, and through which experiences emotions.
The Red wire of the films of Breillat is undoubtedly sexuality: investigated, denied, sought, suffered, suffered. "The passion", as stated by the same Director, "how much stronger it is, the more linked to suffering, his own and that of others." Female sexuality becomes the means for a journey in search of self, of analysis of its demons and dark areas: a kind of uncanny psychoanalytic session. The cinema of Breillat shouts to the world its stubborn desire to diversity, as evidenced by the titles of his filmography, often sealed by exclamation points, from Parfait amour! (1996) to my sister! (À ma soeur!, 2000), the story of 12-year-old Anaïs, ungainly and bulimic, he has a love-hate sentiment for 15-year-old sister Elena, sunny and beautiful, in which experiencing emotions. The film, which has sparked a heated debate, as on the other hand all the works of French Director, won numerous prizes in Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam and Chicago.
The entire Filmography of Catherine Breillat seems to be guided by authors like Georges Bataille and Jacques Lacan. The theme of gaze and voyeurism, direct or mediated, is always present in his works, as well as the transgression. Among his works are "Romance" (1999, with Rocco Siffredi), "Sex is comedy" (2002), "Pornocrazia" (Anatomie de l'enfer, 2003, with Rocco Siffredi) and "Une vieille maîtresse" (2006, with Asia Argento). From his latest novel "Bad Love" (2007) drew the script for his next film, which will see the black Venus Naomi Campbell.
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