Catherine Breillat Movies

Anthology of short films about the French city of Nice, by various directors. A homage to Jean Vigo and his "À propos de Nice" from 1930.

Muriel, a writer nearing 50 whose older lover won't live with her in Paris, meets a man on a train - Samuel, an Arab. He's attracted to her and...

One summer, a French teenager who has been living with his mother in the city moves in with his estranged father’s family in the countryside,...

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras. Some, such as...

In recent years, Hollywood productions have turned away from sensuality. Is the sex scene on the verge of extinction or reinvention? Alongside film...

Reluctantly, a sulky adolescent returns to her parents' house for yet another boring summer vacation, dabbling in desire and the art of desirability,...

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

Secrets, rumors and betrayals surround the upcoming marriage between a young dissolute man and virtuous woman of the French aristocracy.

Victim of an unfair dismissal, a young secretary strikes back by becoming the assistant to the son of the company's CEO.

A short documentary exploring the ongoing relevance and power of 'Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma'.

The Sienese Pia Tolomei is imprisoned in a castle by a jealous husband. Based on the novel by Marguerite Yourcenar, inspired by a story from the...

A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation.

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

Frustrated by the lack of intimacy in her relationship, a young schoolteacher goes through a series of intimidating and often violent sexual partners.

Georges Deblache, a despondent middle-aged cop, falls for his partner's wife.

Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is...

After the disappearance at sea of a young fisherman, his childhood friend and his mother begin an ambiguous relationship.

Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon,...