I spoke with Breillat at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Abuse of Weakness had its world premiere. The film opens with a remarkable, high-angle shot of rumpled bedsheets before panning up to Maud Schoenberg (Isabelle Huppert), who wakes suddenly and grabs her arm.
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26 September 2013
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23 September 2013
VENEZIA 70 FUTURE RELOADED : Watch Catherine Breillat’s contribution at World premiere screening on 28th August 2013 in Venice
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10 September 2013
Huppert is superb at capturing the physical impairment and mental anguish as Maud struggles with speech therapy and rehabilitation.
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French auteur and provocateur Catherine Breillat casts Isabelle Huppert as herself in an autobiographical film that co-stars rapper Kool Shen.
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9 September 2013
Employing a real-life con man invites the wolf in the door, so to speak, in Catherine Breillat’s uneasy-making autobiographical drama.
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