Catherine Breillat

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

Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci · With Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Maria Michi

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 fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand that she is merely an object of desire. And, as such, she can only be taken. Or had. Indeed, this is the subject: a girl's loss of virginity. And, that summer, it opens a door to tragedy.

Dir. Catherine Breillat · With Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo

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, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon's brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steals 2 million francs that belong to the Tunisians. They suspect her of the theft; her life as well as the lawyer's is in danger. Meanwhile, Noria is playing with both the lawyer and Mangin's affections. Mangin is mercurial anyway: intimidating and bloodying suspects, falling for a police commission trainee before flipping for Noria, wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Can he save the lawyer and Noria, and can he convince her to love?

Dir. Maurice Pialat · With Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina

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, where he clashes with his stepmother.

Dir. Catherine Breillat · With Léa Drucker, Samuel Kircher, Olivier Rabourdin

Reluctantly, a sulky adolescent returns to her parents' house for yet another boring summer vacation, dabbling in desire and the art of desirability, eventually mixing reality with vision, caged fantasies with the fierce female sexuality.

Dir. Catherine Breillat · With Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, Rita Maiden

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

Dir. David Hamilton · With Patti D'Arbanville, Mona Kristensen, Bernard Giraudeau

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

Dir. Catherine Breillat · With Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stévenin, François Berléand

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

Dir. Catherine Breillat · With Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi, Alexandre Belin