Romance
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1h 38m
Directed by Catherine Breillat | 99 mins | 1999
When Marie’s (Caroline Ducey) boyfriend loses interest in having sex with her, she engages a series of new and increasingly violent lovers—in pursuit of self-knowledge and perhaps a kind of transcendence through these acts of erotic masochism. Renowned writer-director Catherine Breillat’s filmography is a fearless and masterful study in the fucked-up complexities of female desire; "Romance", her breakthrough, is an ideal point of entry.
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