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Catherine Breillat

Directing Born Jul 13, 1948 Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France 24 credits

Biography

Catherine Breillat (born 13 July 1948 in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres) is a French filmmaker, novelist and Professor of Auteur Cinema at the European Graduate School.

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Known for

Film

Anatomy of Hell

as Narrator (voice)
Film

Last Tango in Paris

as Mouchette

Eiken

as Constance

Full filmography

  • Samedi soir (1971) as Self
  • Marcians (2017) as Self
  • On n'est pas couché (2006) as Self - Guest
  • Indie Sex (2007) as Self
  • Anatomy of Hell (2004) as Narrator (voice)
  • Last Tango in Paris (1972) as Mouchette
  • Paris-Berlin, le débat (2008) as Self
  • The Housekeeper (2002) as Constance
  • Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) as Self (segment Catherine Breillat)
  • No Mercy (2026) as Self
  • French Beauty (2005) as Self
  • Indie Sex: Teens (2008)
  • Great Directors (2009) as Self
  • Dracula and Son (1976) as Herminie Poitevin
  • Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema (2000) as Self
  • Prüdes Hollywood - Laster, Lust und Leidenschaft im Film (2025)
  • Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism (2009) as Self - Interviewee
  • Les réalisatrices contemporaines: l'état des choses (2016) as Self
  • Abuse of Weakness (2013) as Une Patiente à l'Hôpital (uncredited)
  • Images of Women of the Social Corset (2011) as Self
  • 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019) as (voice)
  • Le dialogue dans le marécage (1973) as L'autre
  • Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel (1973)
  • Salò: Fade to Black (2001) as Self