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  • Abuse Of Weakness (2013)
    Review preview for Abuse Of Weakness

    Breillat shows from her own experience with having suffered a stroke and the camera tells of the hospital and the patient's progress in a tone that is unsentimental, poignant, free.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Film about Catherine Breillat’s 2004 stroke and subsequent self-destructive relationship with star swindler Christophe Rocancourt.
  • Anatomy Of Hell (2004)
    French intellectual take on kinky sex between a gay man and a suicidal woman.
  • Brief Crossing (2001)
    Review preview for Brief Crossing

    One of Breillat's most accessible works.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    A romantic liaison on a ferry crossing.
  • Fat Girl (2000)
    Review preview for Fat Girl

    Reboux and Mesquida bring a natural intelligence to demanding roles.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Two teenage sisters at French holiday resort respond to agony and ecstasy of first time sex.
  • The Last Mistress (2007)
    Review preview for The Last Mistress

    Quirky directorial touches – such as Vellini’s blowing of smoke rings, or a dimming of sound at key moments - put the audience into the head of the protagonist and help us connect us fully with the characters.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Exploration of aristocratic fidelity in 18th Century France.
  • Romance (1999)
    Review preview for Romance

    The film's strength is its refusal to take its eye off Marie. No concessions are made.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A woman whose boyfriend refuses to have sex with her begins to embrace sadomasochism.
  • Sex Is Comedy (2002)
    Review preview for Sex Is Comedy

    Overflows with classic moments.

    Gabriella Trybalska · 4 out of 5
    A director struggles to shoot the sex scene central to her film.

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