Dracula and Son 1976  PG, 78 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Edouard Molinaro
Cast: Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Helene Breillat, Catherine Breillat, Raymond Bussieres, Claude Genia, Anna Gael, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Bernard Alane, Mustapha Dali, Xavier Depraz, Jean Lescot, Geoffrey Carey, Albert Simono, Gerard Jugnot
Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) and his son Ferdinand (Bernard Menez) differ on the subject of vampires because Ferdinand becomes squeamish at the sight of blood. Now, the Communists take over the family's Transylvania castle, and they are banished from Romania. The Count and Ferdinand go their separate ways until they reunite in Paris where they meet beautiful Nicole (Marie-Helene Breillat), and both fall in love with her. Nicole chooses Ferdinand and accidentally exposes the Count to sunlight, which makes him disappear. A few years later, Nicole and Ferdinand have married and have two children. While playing, the daughter cuts her knee, causing the son to sprout fangs–and the family spirit continues.
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Fat Girl 2001   N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinee Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti, Albert Goldberg, Claude Sese, Marc Samuel, Frederick Bodin
While vacationing with their parents at a French beach resort, beautiful 15-year-old Elena (Roxane Mesquida) and her awkward, 12-year-old sister Anais (Anais Reboux) meet handsome law student Fernando (Libero De Rienzo). A romance blooms between Elena and Fernando during which Elena surrenders her virginity. All the while, Anais trails after the couple–an outcast but, perhaps, the only one who fully grasps the situation.
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The Housekeeper 2002  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emilie Dequenne, Brigitte Catillon, Jacques Frantz, Axelle Abbadie, Catherine Breillat, Apollinaire Louis-Philippe Dogue, Amalric Gerard
Barely out of her teens, Laura (Emilie Dequenne) goes to work as a housekeeper for an older man, newly divorced Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri). Against Jacques' better judgment, Laura and he become intimate–a decision that brings both pleasure and pain to Jacques' sexual ego.
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Last Tango in Paris 1973 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Maria Michi, Gitt Magrini, Luce Marquand, Massimo Girotti, Catherine Breillat, Laura Betti, Marie-Helene Breillat, Dan Diament, Catherine Sola, Mauro Marchettil
This movie was banned in a number of cities in the 1970s, but by today's standards it is relatively tame. In fact, the director and stars were convicted of obscenity charges in Italy. It is the story of the torrid love affair between middle-aged American businessman Paul (Marlon Brando) and young Parisian Jeanne (Maria Schneider). Academy award nominations were received for Best Actor (Brando) and Director.
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Perfect Love! 1996 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Isabelle Renauld, Francois Renaud, Laura Saglio, Alain Soral, Michele Reme, Alice Mitterrand, Tom Rocheteau, Delphine De Malherbe, Marie Lebee, Madeleine Top
This depressing tale concerns the affair, marriage, breakdown of the marriage, and then death. Two successful business professionals try to make a go of it, but Frederique (Isabelle Renauld) wants more from her much younger husband, Cristophe (Francois Renaud). During a fight, brutal tragedy strikes. The story is told by Frederique's daughter in flashback.
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A Real Young Girl 1975  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: A Real Young Lady
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, Rita Maiden, Bruno Balp, Georges Gueret, Shirley Stoler
Director Breillat's first film was banned in France and not released for 25 years. Seventeen-year-old Alice (Charlotte Alexandra) returns home from school for the summer when she experiences sexual fantasies, often about a sawmill employee of her father's, and even makes passes at her father (who is having an affair with a young woman). She also keeps a diary, which chronicles other bizarre sexual actions and thoughts.
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 Romance 1999 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stevenin, Francois Berleand, Rocco Siffredi, Fabien de Jomaron, Emma Colberti, Ashley Wanninger, Reza Habouhossein, Carla, Pierre Maufront
Marie (Caroline Trousselard) is both victim and aggressor in this French porn flick about how one schoolteacher handles a crisis in the failing relationship with her boyfriend, Paul (Sagamore Stevenin).
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 Sex Is Comedy 2002 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Gregoire Colin, Roxane Mesquida, Ashley Wanninger, Dominique Colladant, Bart Binnema, Yves Osma, Elisabete Piecho, Francis Seleck, Diane Scapa
When a director, Jeanne (Anne Parillaud), is set to film the sex scene for her movie, there is one big problem: the two actors (Gregoire Colin and Roxane Mesquida) despise each other.
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| 1. Dracula and Son (1976)
2. Fat Girl (2001)
3. The Housekeeper (2002)
4. Last Tango in Paris (1973)
5. Perfect Love! (1996)
6. A Real Young Girl (1975)
aka: A Real Young Lady
7. Romance (1999)
8. Sex Is Comedy (2002)
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