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Catherine Breillat

カトリーヌ・ブレイヤ　/　かとりーぬ・ぶれいや

Film director from France

July 13, 1948 (age 77)　・　Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, France

Deux-Sèvres
film director
actor
novelist

My Take

Catherine Breillat is a filmmaker I find impossible to ignore, even when she is hard to watch. From 36 Fillette to Romance and Fat Girl, she has spent a career interrogating female desire and the body with a frankness that still rattles audiences. I read the source listing her tagline as American, but she is unmistakably French, born in Bressuire, and that Gallic willingness to confront discomfort head-on defines her. The Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres feels fitting for someone so uncompromising. I respect artists who provoke on purpose rather than for shock alone, and Breillat clearly knows exactly what she is doing.

Overview

Catherine Breillat (French: [katʁin bʁɛjá]; born 13 July 1948) is a French filmmaker, novelist, and professor of cinema at the European Graduate School.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Catherine Breillat
Name (Japanese): カトリーヌ・ブレイヤ
Reading: かとりーぬ・ぶれいや
Born: July 13, 1948 (age 77)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Rat
Origin: Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / actor / novelist / screenwriter / university teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2014 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
2001 Prix France Culture Cinéma

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	36 Fillette	—
Notable work	Perfect Love!	—
Notable work	Romance	—
Notable work	Fat Girl	—
Notable work	Anatomy of Hell	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4

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