Dirty: Like An Angel -catherine Breillat- 1991-

She is visually idealized but emotionally "dirty" or "soiled." Breillat rejects the "pretty" version of femininity.

Dirty Like an Angel is not a great noir. It’s a great anti -noir. It asks us to look at our own relationships: Where are you playing the angel? Where are you acting dirty? And can you ever truly separate the two? Dirty Like an Angel -Catherine Breillat- 1991-

In the vast, uncomfortable, and often brilliant filmography of Catherine Breillat, the 1991 film Dirty Like an Angel ( Sale comme un ange ) occupies a peculiar, shadowy throne. Sandwiched between her controversial debut A Real Young Girl (1976) and the international infamy of Romance (1999), this film is frequently cited by Breillat herself as one of her most personal and radical works. Yet, for decades, it remained one of her least-seen, a spectral title whispered about in cinephile circles, overshadowed by the more graphic provocations of her later career. She is visually idealized but emotionally "dirty" or "soiled