ENGLISH

Catherine Breillat

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780719085628, 0719085624
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6797491 bytes)
Series
French film directors
Pages
pages\191
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

This monograph looks at critically acclaimed and controversial film director, Catherine Breillat. It investigates the thorny differences between Breillat's films and patriarchal pornography. It covers all 11 of her feature films and reveals the ground between their inspirations and their critical reception.;Female virgins and the shaming gaze -- Sisters as one soul in two bodies -- Masculine tenderness and macho violence -- Staging masochism, facing shame. Female virgins and the shaming gaze -- Sisters as one soul in two bodies -- Masculine tenderness and macho violence -- Staging masochism, facing shame.

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