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Added: June 1, 2009

Call Number: DVD00084

by Catherine Breillat; Jean-Pierre Guerin; Sarah Pratt; Gilles Guillain; Marc Filipi; Eric Gautier; Patrick Chevalier; D’Julz.; Pascale Chavance; Arte France cinéma (Firm); GMT (Firm); Wellspring Media.;

Format: DVD

Language: English and French with English subtitles

Publisher: New York : Wellspring, ©2004.

Notes: Originally released in 2001 (80 mins.); edition includes director interview and filmography;

Summary: What starts as a chance meeting between a 30-something English woman Alice (Sarah Pratt) and a 16 year-old French boy (Gilles Guillain) quickly develops into much more on an overnight ferry ride. As the conversation progresses, it is clear that although the two have virtually nothing in common, the sexual tension is evident. When they finally act on their growing attraction, a surprise twist is thrown in that will leave you wondering who really seduced who.

OCLC #: 56194437

Call Number: DVD00465

by Jean-François Lepetit; Catherine Breillat; Grégoire Colin; Anne Parillaud; Roxane Mesquida; Ashley Wanninger; Dominique Colladant; Laurent Machuel; Rezo Films (Firm); Flach Film (Firm); CB Film (Firm); Arte France cinéma (Firm); France télévision.; Studio Canal+.; Centre national de la cinématographie (France); MGM Home Entertainment Inc.;

Format: DVD

Language: French with English subtitles

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2005]

Notes: Originally released in 2002 (95 mins.); edition contains original theatrical trailer;

Summary: For director Jeanne, sex is no laughing matter. She doesn’t find it funny that her two leading actors can’t stand each other when she’s about to shoot the most important moment in her film … the sex scene. The actress objects to nudity, the actor won’t take off his socks, and the only thing heating up between them is their tempers. At her wits’ end, Jeanne tries everything in her power to seduce, intimidate and sweet-talk her reluctant young lovers into performing the film’s sexy final scene.

OCLC #: 57519304

Call Number: DVD00042

by Catherine Breillat; Jean-François Lepetit; Amira Casar; Rocco Siffredi; Flach Film (Firm); C.B. Films, S.A.; Studio Canal+; Centre national de la cinématographie (France);

Format: DVD

Language: French with English subtitles

Publisher: [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Tartan Video, ©2004.

Notes: Originally released in 2004 (80 mins.); edition features interview with director, photo gallery and the theatrical trailer; based on the book Pornocratie by Catherine Breillat;

Summary: Over four nights in a house in the middle of nowhere, a woman on the verge pays a handsome stranger to watch her ‘where she’s unwatchable.

OCLC #: 57566697

Call Number: DVD00207

by Catherine Breillat; Jean-François Lepetit; Anaïs Reboux; Roxane Mesquida; Arsinée Khanjian; Romain Goupil; Libero de Rienzo; Laura Betti; Janus Films.; Radio-France. Direction France culture.; Flach Film (Firm); C.B. Films, S.A.; Arte France cinéma (Firm); Immagine & Cinéma.; Urania Pictures.;

Format: DVD

Language: French with English subtitles

Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2004.

Notes: Originally released in 2001 (86 mins.); edition includes behind-the-scenes footage, two interviews with the director, French and U.S. theatrical trailers and an essay and interview with critics;

Summary: A daring and provocative exploration of the complexities of sexual awakening involving 12-year old Anaïs. With her family on holiday by the sea, she yearns for the experience of first love. However, she experiences it by proxy when her beautiful older sister, Elena, gets involved with an older boy. Soon Elena’s naive hopes of romance will be shattered setting a chain of events in motion that will shatter her family forever.

OCLC #: 57148478