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5 June 2002 (France) morePlot:
A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Fascinating insights under the guise of entertaining comedy moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anne Parillaud | ... | Jeanne | |
| Grégoire Colin | ... | The Actor | |
| Roxane Mesquida | ... | The Actress | |
| Ashley Wanninger | ... | Leo, the first assistant | |
| Dominique Colladant | ... | Willy | |
| Bart Binnema | ... | Director of Photography | |
| Yves Osmu | ... | The sound engineer | |
| Francis Seleck | ... | The production manager | |
| Elisabete Piecho | ... | Continuity Girl | |
| Diane Scapa | ... | The production designer | |
| Ana Lorena | ... | The make-up artist | |
| Claire Monatte | ... | The other make-up artist (as Claire Monnatte) | |
| Arnaldo Junior | ... | The chief electrician | |
| Elisabete Silva | ... | The boom operator | |
| Júlia Fragata | ... | The set dresser |
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Rated R for strong sexual content including graphic nudity and dialogue.Parents Guide:
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92 min | France:94 minColor:
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Dolby SRCertification:
Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:RFilming Locations:
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Another fabulous movie from Catherine Breillat, this time about the difficulties of shooting a sex scene in a movie. Using comedy a new genre for Breillat we get a backstage view of filmmaking but in documentary style. The character who plays the director in the movie is based on Breillat, the sex scene in question is taken from her earlier film A Ma Soeur' as is the main teenage actress. But the film, like all of Breillat's work, is not entertainment alone. It is peppered with philosophical observations on the nature of sexuality as well as demonstrating a devotion to purity' (as opposed to pornography) that is a cornerstone of Breillat's work and a devotion to real emotion. We see the director character harangue the young lead actress and actor to bring the best out in them, hypnotising them into the parts they need to play, bringing out part of themselves that the director can see in them but they cannot see in themselves until they achieve the heights of acting that she demands of them. She makes meaningful movies, not titillation, but she shows the work that is needed to produce this, and so gives us insights both into the (decidedly French) film making process and the psychology of male female sexuality.