The Cinema of Catherine Breillat

Introduction : Catherine Breillat's Scènes Intimes : The Personal As The Intimate ; The Intimate: 'x' For Censorship ; The Manuscript's Structure And Synopsis -- 'le Cinéma De Catherine Breillat' : An Intertextual And Transgressive Cinema: Sex Is Comedy And Une Vieille Maîtresse ; The Script Of 'intimate Scenes' In Sex Is Comedy ; Breillat's Original Film Adaptation : Une Vieille Maitresse -- Viewing (dis)pleasure : The 'cinematic Spectator' In Tapage Nocturne -- The Teen Years In Une Vraie Jeune Fille, 36 Fillette, And A Ma Soeur! : The Repressive French Society ; Revisiting The Lolita Syndrome ; Real 'becomings'/young Girls -- A Male Adolescent Sexual Journey : 'the Male Crisis'? In Brève Traversée -- Adult Female Sexual Desire : The Genre Film: Crime Drama In Sale Comme Un Ange And Parfait Amour! ; Empowerment In Masochism: Romance And Anatomie De L'enfer -- Conclusion : Adaptation Of Fairy Tales: Reading And Dreaming ; Fairy Tales And Gender Expectations ; Intimacy In Catherine Breillat's Cinema. By Sophie Belot. Includes Bibliographical References, Filmography, And Index.