#259: BREILLAT, Catherine: Fat Girl (2001)
BREILLAT, Catherine (France)
Catherine Breillat was 53 when she wrote and directed Fat Girl.
None.
Behind-the-scenes
Fat Girl [2001]
Spine #259
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Twelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, fifteen-year-old Elena, is a beauty. While the girls are on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along as Elena explores the dreary seaside town. Elena meets Fernando, an Italian law student; he seduces her with promises of love, and the ever watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister's innocence. Fat Girl is not only a portrayal of female adolescent sexuality and the complicated bond between siblings but also a shocking assertion by the always controversial Catherine Breillat that violent oppression exists at the core of male-female relations.
86 minutes
Color
Color
Surround
in French
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2011
Director/Writer
Catherine Breillat was 53 when she wrote and directed Fat Girl.
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twenty-two page booklet featuring essays by Ginette Vincendeau and Breillat.
Commentary
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twenty-two page booklet featuring essays by Ginette Vincendeau and Breillat.
Commentary
None.
Behind-the-scenes
Footage of the making of Fat Girl.
Two video interviews
Two video interviews
One with director Breillat, conducted the night after the film’s world premiere at the 2001 Berlin Film Festival, the other a look back at the film’s production and alternate ending.
French and U.S. theatrical trailers
Extras Rating (0-40):
French and U.S. theatrical trailers
Extras Rating (0-40):
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