‘When you have your back to the wall, everything becomes easy’: performance and direction in the films of Catherine Breillat

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‘When you have your back to the wall, everything becomes easy’: performance and direction in the films of Catherine Breillat

French director Catherine Breillat has gained notoriety for her distinctly personal portrayal of gender relations and intimacy. With the inclusion of sexually explicit scenes, such as those featuring loss of virginity and/or rape, her films explore subjects of emotional, as well as visual, taboo. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dooley, Kath
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2014
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36453

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