Catherine Breillat

“I am the pariah of French cinema. That can make things complicated for me; it is never easy to drum up a budget or to find a distributor for my films in France. Some people refuse even to read my scripts. But it also makes me very happy because hatred is invigorating. […] All true artists are hated. Only conformists are ever adored.”

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A Real Young Girl

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Nocturnal Uproar

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36 fillette

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Fat Girl / Sex Is Comedy

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The Last Mistress

“I have always thought that if I had lived in the 19th century, I would have been Barbey D’Aurevilly. He was very, very scandalous for his time. In those days, Une Vieille Maîtresse was considered obscene, yet now it is recognized as a literary masterpiece.”

“Everyone doubted that I was able to make such a film. It was a real battle to raise the budget of four million euros which, though not a lot for a costume drama, was more or less the budget of all my previous films put together. But the battle was a good thing. The difficulties are what force you to manufacture illusions, which is what true filmmaking is all about.”

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The Sleeping Beauty

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Abuse of Weakness

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“If I stop making films, I will die. I can tell myself that one day I will stop living. But I cannot bear the fact that the day will come when I will no longer be making films.”