Sex is Comedy

France 2002, 89 minutes
Dir. Catherine Breillat
In French with English subtitles
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama / Sex

Topics: Showbiz.

Feat. Anne Parillaud, Gregoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida

Aroview: A self-reflexive twist in the cinema of Catherine Breillat (ROMANCE), here recreating the filming of a lengthy and troublesome sex-scene from her own 2001 hit A MA SOEUR!

Playing a facsimile of the famously obsessive director, Anne Parillaud must contend with actors who loathe each other, an uncooperative plastic penis and her own perfectionist tendencies. Suprisingly witty, this slowly transforms into a provocative and revealing portrait of filmmaking as a sexualised process.

NZ International Film Festival 2003