Romance (Catherine Breillat, 1999)

Der Film als Ideogramm

Authors

  • Sophie Belot St Mary's University, Twickenham London
  • Ralf Junkerjürgen University of Regensburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15460/apropos.8.1934

Keywords:

Catherine Breillat, Romance, pornography, romance, sexuality

Abstract

This article suggests a reading of Catherine Breillat's film Romance (1999) by focusing on Marie’s sexual development. Often criticised by feminists as well as non-feminists, this study will show how Romance challenges dominant forms of representations of women as found in pornography and in romance. Breillat aims to denounce masculine domination as pervading pornography and romance, both of which foreground female sexuality as a taboo as well as an ‘abused’ subject, keeping women as pure and alienated beings. 

Translated (French) by Ralf Junkerjürgen

Author Biographies

Sophie Belot, St Mary's University, Twickenham London

Sophie Belot is Senior Lecturer at the Drama Department of the St Mary's University, Twickenham London. She published several articles on women in francophone film, she is actually working on the influence of film on the philosophy (phenomenology) of Maurice Merleau-Ponty (publication 2024,  Bloomsbury Film Studies)

Ralf Junkerjürgen, University of Regensburg

Ralf Junkerjürgen is Professor of Romance Cultural Studies at the University of Regensburg (Germany) since 2007. Research focus: French and Spanish culture, literature and film since the 19th century. 

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Published

2022-07-26

How to Cite

[1]
Belot, S. and Junkerjürgen, R. 2022. Romance (Catherine Breillat, 1999): Der Film als Ideogramm. apropos [Perspektiven auf die Romania]. 8 (Jul. 2022), 229–244. DOI:https://doi.org/10.15460/apropos.8.1934.

Issue

No. 8 (2022): Toponyme und Erinnerungskultur in der Romania

Section

Miscellaneous section

URN

http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-8-19342

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