{"product_id":"i-only-believe-in-myself-conversation-with-murielle-joudet-paperback","title":"I Only Believe in Myself: Conversation with Murielle Joudet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Breillat\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMurielle Joudet\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eChristine Pichini\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long-form dialogue--on cinema and survival--with the visionary French filmmaker.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe virtuous always engage in a pseudoreligious morality. But there's one thing they never say: the desire for pleasure is thought in motion. It's what makes you transfigure a dull and repetitive sexual act into something that can bring you to ecstasy and an idea of eternity ... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Catherine Breillat to Murielle Joudet \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCatherine Breillat has always told just one story: her own, the story of a young girl whose existence was forbidden, who was, from childhood, cut in half, split between her mind and her sexuality, marked by the shame of being born female. She became a filmmaker at a time when choosing that vocation meant disobeying the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring six months between September 2022 and March 2023, the film critic Murielle Joudet interviewed Catherine Breillat for thirty hours, often following up with further discussion over the phone. Joudet and Breillat discuss each of her films in chronological order, moving freely between Breillat's cinematic vision, her life, and the situations, artworks, and thought that have inspired her films. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eA Real Young Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) to \u003ci\u003eLast Summer\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), Breillat has made films in an attempt to recover what she believes was stolen from her-- the \"unfilmable,\" inexhaustible grey area of the feminine where shame, transgression, sensuality, disgust, and the search for oneself intertwine until they become indistinguishable. Her work proposes a haunting imperative to know oneself ... and for her heroines, this spiritual search plays out as an open war with the opposite sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA conversation with Catherine Breillat is as much a cinema master class as it is a lesson in survival.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Breillat is a filmmaker and writer based in Paris. She is known not only for her films focusing on themes of sexuality but also for her bestselling novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMurielle Joudet is a film critic for \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as for TV and radio. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eIsabelle Huppert: Vivre ne nous regarde pas\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eGena Rowlands: On aurait dû dormir\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), and \u003ci\u003eLa Seconde Femme: Ce que les actrices font à la vieillesse\u003c\/i\u003e (2022).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44809748545638,"sku":"9781635902617","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/jW5Fej0DPT9781635902617.webp?v=1771599255","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/i-only-believe-in-myself-conversation-with-murielle-joudet-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}