Like some of her most memorable films, including 36 Fillette, Romance, Sex is Comedy and Anatomy of Hell, French writer-director Catherine Breillat’s new feature, Last Summer (L’Été dernier), ...

It began in the son’s room, when the father was away on business. L’enfant thought it was l’amour, but for her, 30-odd years his senior, the sex, lies and audiotape were a mistake. Wild at heart, ...

ASIA ARGENTO IN DIRECTOR CATHERINE BREILLAT’S THE LAST MISTRESS. COURTESY IFC FILMS. Hated and loved in equal measure, Catherine Breillat is a filmmaker who could never be accused of being boring. The ...

Provocation is again on the menu for fans of French writer/director Catherine Breillat, the woman behind such art-house scandals as the Lolita-lite “36 Fillette” and the sexually graphic meditation on ...

A physically mature 14-year-old girl (Delphine Zentout) sets out to test her feminine powers on an older playboy (Jean-Pierre Leaud) in hopes of easing her loneliness. Georgia: Diane Bellego; Maurice: ...