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Catherine Breillat

Catherine Breillat is one of the most controversial directors coming out of France. She is best known for her highly erotic, disturbing films Romance and Fat Girl and her most recent film The Last Mistress.

The Last Mistress

Asia Argento stars as the passionate La Vellini in Catherine Breillat's most conventional film yet, an eighteenth century costume drama. Fu'ad Ait Attou makes his film debut as Ryno De Marigny, a young lord torn between his beautiful young bride (Roxane Mesquida) and the troubled mistress he cannot let go of.

Review: "Fat Girl"

About.com guide Jurgen Fauth reviews "Fat Girl" after it's American premiere at the New York Film Festival.

Film-makers on film: Catherine Breillat

John Whitely interviews Catherine Breillat on Nagisa Oshima's "In the Realm of the Senses."

Reel.com: Catherine Breillat

The Skinny on "Fat Girl." Writer-director Catherine Breillat whets our appetite for her controversial new drama.

The Guardian Interview

With "Romance," Catherine Breillat became notorious for showing an erect penis in a mainstream movie. Her latest deals with a teenager's loss of virginity. She tells Libby Brooks why love-making is the key to humanity.

IMDb Filmography:Catherine Breillat

Comprehensive listing of the films of Catherine Breillat.

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