Dirty Like an Angel (original French title: À ma sœur!) — 1991 film by Catherine Breillat.
Catherine Breillat's 1991 film "Dirty Like an Angel" is a thought-provoking and unflinching exploration of female desire, identity, and the complexities of human relationships. This film, Breillat's second feature after the notorious "Mullet Rouge" (1986), cemented her reputation as a provocative and uncompromising filmmaker willing to push boundaries and challenge social norms. Dirty Like an Angel -Catherine Breillat- 1991-
The film centers on Georges Deblache (Claude Brasseur), a cynical, aging detective in Paris who suspects he is dying of cancer but refuses to seek treatment. His life is defined by a deep-seated loneliness, which he attempts to bridge through his younger partner and "double," Didier Theron (Nils Tavernier). Dirty Like an Angel (original French title: À ma sœur
This is a direct assault on the entire Western tradition of masculine desire, which is always about possession, conquest, and the object. Barbara’s desire is auto-erotic in the most radical sense: not masturbatory, but self-generating. Her wanting is its own fulfillment. Stealing the necklace is not about wearing it; it is about the act of taking, the gesture of desiring-out-loud. Original Title: Sale comme un ange Director: Catherine
Style & structure
The film follows Georges (Claude Brasseur), a corrupt, wealthy, and cynical former police inspector now working as a private investigator. He becomes obsessed with Barbara (Lio), a young, seemingly innocent woman whom he has been hired to follow. Georges’s voyeuristic surveillance turns into a possessive desire to “save” her from her lover, a violent gangster.
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