Sex Is Comedy (2002)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Catherine Breillat

Writer:

Catherine Breillat (writer)

Release Date:

5 June 2002 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other.

Plot Keywords:

Actor | Sex Scene | Director | Film Set | Male Frontal Nudity

Cast

Anne Parillaud	...	Jeanne
Grégoire Colin	...	The Actor
Roxane Mesquida	...	The Actress
Ashley Wanninger	...	Leo, the first assistant
Dominique Colladant	...	Willy
Bart Binnema	...	Director of Photography
Yves Osmu	...	The sound engineer
Francis Seleck	...	The production manager
Elisabete Piecho	...	Continuity Girl
Diane Scapa	...	The production designer
Ana Lorena	...	The make-up artist
Claire Monatte	...	The other make-up artist (as Claire Monnatte)
Arnaldo Junior	...	The chief electrician
Elisabete Silva	...	The boom operator
Júlia Fragata	...	The set dresser
Bruno Ramos	...	The assistant camera
Alfredo 'Alebé' Ramalho	...	A grip (as Alfredo Ramalho)
Rudolfo Santos	...	A grip
José Cascais	...	The property master
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Francis Selleck	...	Production Manager (as Francis Seleck)

Directed by
Catherine Breillat

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Catherine Breillat		writer

Produced by
António da Cunha Telles	....	associate producer
Jean-François Lepetit	....	producer

Cinematography by
Laurent Machuel

Film Editing by
Pascale Chavance

Casting by
João Cayatte
Michaël Weill

Production Design by
Frédérique Belvaux

Art Direction by
Frédérique Belvaux

Costume Design by
Valérie Guégan
Betty Martins

Makeup Department
Dominique Colladant	....	special makeup effects artist
Ana Lorena	....	key makeup artist
Iracema Machado	....	key hair stylist
Claire Monatte	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sandra Alves	....	unit manager
Philippe Delest	....	production manager
Cristina Soares	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Santini	....	second assistant director
Michaël Weill	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Laure Arto	....	sound mixer
Laure Arto	....	sound
Frédéric Attal	....	sound editor
Christophe Bourreau	....	foley artist
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound mixer
Emmanuel Croset	....	sound
Filipe Gonçalves	....	sound
Sylvain Lasseur	....	sound editor
Yves Lévêque	....	sound
Yves Osmu	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Joaquín Amaral	....	key grip
Arnaldo Junior	....	electrician
Alfredo 'Alebé' Ramalho	....	grip
Bruno Ramos	....	assistant camera
Nuno Relvas	....	assistant camera
Benoît Rizzoti	....	assistant camera
Nuno Silva	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Pedro Marques	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Jean-Pierre Billard	....	administrator
Clara Cardoso	....	administrator
Sara Dantas	....	administrator
Fátima Ribeiro	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Frédéric Mitterrand	....	thanks

Production Companies

• CB Films
• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Flach Film
• France Télévision Images 2
• Studio Images 2
• arte France Cinéma

Distributors

• First Distributors (2002) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Cinema Mondo (2002) (Finland) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2004) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Irfan Film (2007) (Turkey) (TV)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (video)
• Rézo Films
• Sharada Distribuzione

Also Known As:

Scènes intimes (France) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content including graphic nudity and dialogue.

Runtime:

92 min | France:94 min

Country:

France | Portugal

Language:

French | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Portugal

Company:

CB Films

Quotes:

Jeanne: Words are the best chastity belt there is.

Movie Connections:

References À ma soeur! (2001)

Revealing the intricacies of the so called "Making of".

According to Catherine Breillat many people believe that by watching "making of" they can understand the intricacies of the actual shooting process. She opines that this is not quite the case and the real process of filming a feature film is unfortunately very complex,hard to follow and difficult to understand. She goes on to add that rather than simplifying the creative process these programs end up confusing the viewers. Keeping this particular idea in mind, she has filmed a unique,trend setting film which relies heavily on the whims and fancies of its principal characters. One can have a first hand experience of how difficult things are on a set when a film is being shot. Compared to other films by Catherine Breillat,sex is comedy is devoid of controversial elements. As a film director in this film Anne Parillaud looks a bit similar to Catherine Breillat.Gregoire Colin is fine too as the moody actor. As a final comment, I would like to remark that this film is very serene and an inattentive viewer might not know how quickly the film is getting over.