Fat Girl
Catherine Breillat / FR, IT, ES, 2001 / 86 min.
One is a born flirt, the other is overweight but smart. Catherine Breillat paints a perceptive psychological portrait of two teenage sisters struggling with their awakening sexuality and clinging to each other for support. As in the controversial Romance, Breillat frankly shows female emotions and desires.
Breillat made her directorial debut in 1977 with A Real Young Girl, which she adapted from her novel Le soupirail. She continued to make several films, including Perfect Love (1996), the controversial Romance (1999) and Anatomy of Hell (2004).
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Director
Catherine Breillat
Production year
2001
Country
FR, IT, ES
Original title
A ma soeur!
Length
86 min.
Language
French
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
Women Make Film
Last year, Eye presented the film programme Women Make Film, an alternative world history of cinema featuring women in the lead role. Women have played an important role from the early days of cinema, as cinematographers, filmmakers and sometimes also producers.
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