Anatomy of Hell

One of Catherine Breillat's most daring films, it also stands out as one of her most interesting and unpredictable, combining explicit, organic and bizarre elements with poetry, reflection and fluidity in a natural and well-developed manner. The script features very well-crafted dialogues, which generate as much impact and intensity as the scenes and the unsettling dynamics.

Love: an invented feeling. What matters is the game of seduction, the ritual of pleasing someone. (p. 115)
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A nice trick to seduce the reader is to give him that sense of superiority that comes from knowing more about the characters he sees acting in front of him. Like when a man steps forward on the screen and we see the hitman waiting for him around the corner. Proud to dominate its fate from our dark armchair, but unaware that the director is cunningly manipulating us in turn. (p. 118)
Gesualdo Bufalino, The ill-thinker October