Special thanks to the Brill | Rodopi team for their patience, their support, but above all their trust in making this book possible. Thank you to Catherine Breillat’s producer, Jean-François Lepetit, and his company Flach Film, for his prompt reply in dealing with my requests.
I am grateful to Jonathan Neves for his proofreading and his valuable suggestions to this volume.
Any inaccuracies are my own.
Finally I would like to acknowledge Peter Neves for his encouragement. Sophie Bélot