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A director struggles to film a difficult, intimate sex scene between two actors who happen to hate each other. full summary | add synopsis
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All about a director directing a film and little more. more (26 total)

Cast

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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
Francis Selleck ... Production Manager (as Francis Seleck)
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
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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 Levêque .... 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
 

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Also Known As:
Scènes intimes (France) (working title)
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Rated R for strong sexual content including graphic nudity and dialogue.
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92 min | France:94 min
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Jeanne: Words are the best chastity belt there is. more
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All about a director directing a film and little more., 27 February 2005
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Author: George Parker from Orange County, CA USA

"Sex is Comedy" is an open ended light drama about a film director, Parillaud (Nikita), working on a film toward the sex scene between her young male and female leads. There's no story in this film which simply shows how a director might work with her cast and crew while trying to squeeze, cajole, or otherwise evoke the nuances she desires from the a recalcitrant male lead and his reluctantly willing partner while wrangling cameras and crews and the foibles which beset a film director at work. This film conjures some insights into what being a film director involves and the hard work required of cast and crew while making a film and, I suppose, the techniques and methods of this film's director, Brelliat. There are similarities between the sex scene in this film and that in another Brelliat film, "Fat Girl", which is little more than noteworthy. "Sex is Comedy" doesn't walk on the edge of pornography as do other Brelliat films and will be of most interest to those interested in film direction Brelliat style. (B-)

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