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Romance Catherine Breillat Controversial for its explicit sexual content, Catherine Breillat's Romance is as daring for its ideas as its eroticism. Involved in an affair that has stalled because her boyfriend refuses to have sex with her, a woman decides to explore other avenues in a series of intimate adventures. "A dark and unsparing study of female masochism and a brittle sex comedy of manners" (Amy Taubin, The Village Voice). This is the unrated version of the film. ADULTS ONLY. In French with English subtitles. France, 1999, 95 mins. DVD | $37.95
Brief Crossing Catherine Breillat Catherine Breillat (Romance) explores the nature of human sexuality once again with this erotic drama detailing a chance encounter between two strangers. A 16-year-old French boy, Thomas meets Alice, a recently divorced, older British woman, on a night ferry and they spend the evening talking, dancing and moving towards an unconventional romance. In French with English subtitles. France, 2002, 80 mins. DVD | $37.95
Fat Girl Catherine Breillat Catherine Breillat offers an unflinching dissection of sibling rivalry and female adolescent sexuality in this bold coming-of-age drama. Twelve-year-old Anais (Anais Reboux) is a slightly over-weight girl with the weight of the world on her sholders, while her beautiful, fifteen-year-old sister, Elena, guides through life. Their love/hate relationship is captured perfectly during a summer vacation where Anais tags along with Elena and witnesses the corruption of her sister's innocence at the hands of an older, Italian college student. "Few movies have so effectively conveyed the alienation of adolescence, and the way children can be driven almost mad by their separation from life and love" (Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune). The DVD is a Criterion Collection Edition, and includes a behind-the-scenes featurette; the original French and U.S. theatrical trailers; an essay by film critic Ginette Vincendeau; an interview with Breillat, translated from the French film magazine, Positif; optional English subtitles; and more. In French with English subtitles. France, 2001, 86 mins. DVD | $44.95
Perfect Love (Parfait Amour!) Catherine Breillat Sexual provocateur Catherine Breillat (A Real Young Girl, 36 Fillette) presents a dark and disturbing portrait of a love affair that goes terribly wrong. The relationship between a couple separated by ten years begins magically but quickly turns to torment and tragedy. "Authentic and unsettling...[an] emotional see-saw" (Lisa Nesselson, Variety). In French with English subtitles. France, 1996, 110 mins. DVD | $37.95
