Caroline Ducey, Sagamore Stévenin, François Berléand

Although deeply in love with her boyfriend - and indeed sleeping in the same bed with him - a schoolteacher cannot handle the almost complete lack of intimacy he will allow. Increasingly frustrated, s...( read more  read more... )he gradually finds her sexual appetites leading her into ever more risky situations, including a developing one with the headmaster.

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R, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Catherine Breillat

Release Date: September 17, 1999

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DVD Release Date: February 8, 2000

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  • March 14, 2009
    This film is ice cold and Caroline Ducey is magnificent in the lead. One of the most intellectually erotic films Catherine Breillat has manufactired. This is her masterpiece. Sexy, sad, creepy, and real co-exist all at once.
  • March 3, 2009
    Usually I am completely taken in by films with naked women and lots of sex, but with Catherine Breillat's Romance - not so much. The title is completely misleading. There's actually very little romance to be found. Instead, we are witness to a woman's spiraling decline ...( read more)into self-degradation as she chisels away the last remnants of her self-respect through an endless parade of carnal encounters.

    The problem here isn't with the direction or the performances, it's the shallowness of the material. There's no balance. There's not a single likeable character in the lot. It's difficult to care about characters you don't like and this screenplay never gives us a reason to like any of them. Maybe that's exactly what Breillat wants, she wants to populate her work with distasteful beings that you can't identify with or relate to. If so then I have to believe that her target audiences are serial killers and sadomasochistic sociopaths. This film is dark, pessimistic and depressing, anything but romantic.
  • May 10, 2008
    Now THIS is how you make an art film about sex.
  • March 9, 2009
    This movie is an indepent film (European) about some psycho chick who sleeps with everybody. Chick jumps on every jock that walks by but REALLY loves her boyfriend. You may ask why I bothered to watch this at all - well as it is European there are some sex scenes in there. If ...( read more)you fast forward just to the sex scenes I suppose it is worth 2 stars. I suppose women who are having problems with their feelings would enjoy watching this to see someone more screwed up than you are.
  • November 21, 2009
    Another sexually charged Catherine Breillat film. Rather pointless, and a bit depressing.
  • August 4, 2009
    I'm going to see Catherine Breillat's Fat girl this Saturday and I found out this movie was directed by her, it looks pretty awesome.
  • February 12, 2009
    C'est la première fois qu'un film de Catherine Breillat me chavire autant. J'ai été prise d'un malaise en regardant le film, et à la fin, je me suis sentie très déprimée. Je ne sais pas encore si j'ai aimé ou détesté, je crois qu'une écoute me sera encore nécessaire avant de bien...( read more) saisir l'essence du film. Pour ceux qui disent que c'est un film très froid, ils ont tout à fait raison.
  • February 3, 2009
    Watch it if you have no sex life and need some voyeur time. Dull and limited in imagination.
  • June 5, 2008
    Not interested in watching

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