1. About.com
  2. Entertainment
  3. World / Independent Film

Discuss in our forum

Sex Is Comedy

By , About.com Guides

Sex is Comedy

Starring:

Anne Parillaud, Gregoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger, Dominique Colladant.

Directed by:

Catherine Breillat.

Distributor:

IFC Films.

Release date:

October 20th, 2004 (select cities).

Description:

A film director named Jeanne (Anne Parillaud) is consumed with directing a young actress (Roxane Mesquida) and actor (Grégoire Colin) in a difficult sex scene. Aided and abetted by her loyal assistant director, Léo (Ashley Wanninger), Jeanne is hell-bent on getting it right, without compromise or dishonesty. It offers a meditation on sex and power, or, to put it another way, social manipulation, truth and freedom. Sex Is Comedy takes the viewer into a faux-authentic sex shoot complete with giant fake penis, nerve-shattered cast and unflappable crew.

©2012 About.com. All rights reserved. 

A part of The New York Times Company.