Fat Girl: Sisters, Sex, and Sitcom
By October 18, 2004
French auteur cinema has increasingly been exploring themes of sex through scenarios whose explicitness verges on the pornographic. Along with Patrice Chéreau Read more »
- France
- 2001
- 86 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- French
SYNOPSIS: Twelve-year-old Anaïs is fat. Her sister, Elena, is a teenage beauty. While on vacation with their parents, Anaïs tags along with Elena as she explores the dreary seaside town. Elena meets Fernando, an Italian law student, who seduces her with promises of love, and the ever-watchful Anaïs bears witness to the corruption of her sister’s innocence. Precise and uncompromising, Catherine Breillat’s Fat Girl is a bold dissection of sibling rivalry and female adolescent sexuality from one of contemporary cinema‘s most controversial directors.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Anaïs | Anaïs Reboux |
| Elena | Roxane Mesquida |
| Fernando | Libero de Rienzo |
| Mother | Arsinée Khanjian |
| Father | Romain Goupil |
Credits
| Director | Catherine Breillat |
| Written and directed by | Catherine Breillat |
| Producer | Jean-François Lepetit |
| Co-producer | Conchita Airoldi |
| Cinematography | Yorgos Arvanitis |
| Editing | Pascale Chavance |
| Production design | François Renaud Labarthe |
| Sound | Jean Minondo |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer with Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 soundtracks
- Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Fat Girl
- Two interviews with the director, including a look at the film’s alternate ending
- French and U.S. theatrical trailers
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Plus: an essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau and an interview with Catherine Breillat from the French film magazine Positif
