Catherine Breillat (Paperback)

Catherine Breillat is a French filmmaker and novelist. She started her career after studying acting at Yves Furet "Studio d'Entranement de l'Acteur" in Paris together with her sister, actress Marie-Hlne Breillat (born 2 June 1947) in 1967. At the age of 17, she wrote her first editing book: l'Homme facile, 1965 (easy man), that book had been censored at least of 18 years by French censorship.Breillat is known for films focusing on sexuality,gender conflict and sibling rivalry. Breillat has been the subject of controversy for her explicit depictions of sexuality and violence. She cast the pornstar Rocco Siffredi in her films Romance and Anatomie de l'enfer (Anatomy of Hell, 2004). Her novels have been best-sellers.