Catherine Braya is a well-known scandalous filmmaker, screenwriter and writer. She is recognized by the world cinema community as a lover of innovative approaches to erotic cinema. Many consider the brave Frenchwoman a desperate feminist.
Professor of auteur cinema
Catherine Braya in her literary opuses and film projects explores issues of gender relations, sexuality and violence, revealing them so shockingly and openly that some of her film works almost got the mark "pornography", and at the time of release were on the verge of a ban. Along with this, Catherine, as a professor of cinema at the European Higher School in Switzerland, conducts summer seminars.
Beginning of a creative career
Prior to her directorial career, Catherine played a cameo role in the film Bernardo Bertolucci - the existential drama Last Tango in Paris. Catherine Braya's debut as a director took place in 1976, when she directed her first film project “The Real Girl” (in other sources, “The True Girl”). After the release of the film, film critics noted a number of advantages of Braya's work, among which were named: wonderful music, minimalism. Despite the eroticism, the film was still recognized as a drama, exploiting the language of "cinema to 18". The film received a rating of film critics IMDb 5.50.
Catherine Braya, whose filmography, according to the expert assessment of the artisans, is an uncompromising and violent, pro-feminist shock, personally wrote all the scripts for her film works. In addition, the writer was a member of the creative group of scriptwriters in the movie Fellini "And the ship is sailing ...".
Shocking and frank
Director Catherine Braya removes films that are not the most attractive for idle viewing, but it is impossible to forget them after reading them. Her project “Romance” starring porn actor Rocco Siffredi was nearly banned in France. The film "My sister!" (in the Russian box office “Fat Girl”), due to the mundane, from this and terrible events, film critics call one of the most shocking pictures of recent years. In the Russian box office, the film never hit the big screens, but after a series of closed screenings, people leaving the cinema were still shaking hands. Such a purely physiological reaction frankly pleased the director, since, according to her admission, this was the task of the director. Catherine was jubilant, because she managed to bring the watchers to such an intensity of emotions that they practically could not control themselves. According to Braya, the movie has a very modest budget, so she did not have the opportunity to saturate the story with special effects. Then the director did everything using the old proven methods, in fact, by means of silent cinema.
No less interesting is the romantic film "36 size", sustained in warm pastel colors. This is a 14-year-old young Lily, who, having gone on vacation, plans to experience the first sexual experience. New French Lolita decides to seduce forty-year-old Maurice, a computer dealer. However, at the crucial moment, the heroine begins to torment doubts. This film by Catherine Braya is a rather powerful, but in French graceful melodrama about the power of women over men.
Supporter of philosophical discussions
With the allegation that her film projects are feminist and scandalous, Breya completely disagrees. The director claims that there are no scandalous works, there is only a scandalous attitude towards them. Catherine considers herself a supporter of the philosophical discussion of sex. This is confirmed by her small but impressive filmography:
- Drama "The Real Girl"
- Melodramatic picture "36 size"
- The dramatic story "Perfect Love."
- The story for intellectuals who prefer frank films is Romance X.
- Comedy melodrama "The narrow strait" (at the box office of the Russian Federation - "Short ferry").
- Exploded the prudish community of the melodrama “To My Sister!” ("Fat Girl").
- Critical comedy "Intimate Scenes".
- The film about the eternal battle of the sexes "Pornocracy".
- European costume drama "The Secret Mistress".
- A screen version of a famous fairy tale, the intimacy of which is in the details, is Bluebeard.
- A kind of philosophical television story for adults "Sleeping Beauty."
- Confession of the author "Abuse of weakness."