catherine brreillat be a french director who love to provoke her audience . she take u along to witness how a film be do on location . the movie in production seem to be base on herself and since the person at the center of the story be jeanne and a woman director and much like ms. breillat . jeanne act a the alter ego of the real director . jeanne reach an impasse at the start of film . not only have she pick the wrong time to photograph this movie during a cold spell and a it involve beach location that be obviously too cold for the actor and extra . jeanne have problem with the two principal actor and especially and the male lead who have problem accept the way the director have decide to show him in the movie while the lead actress be no angel either . movie making and ms. breillat tell u be a process like no other in a creative work of art . first and there be the writing period and in which and in this case and jeanne and have write a screen play and that when it go into production reveals problem the writer or director do not think about . there be the problem of how she want to photograph a love scene in which the young woman of the story have her first sex contact . what appear clever in the write page and doesn not necessarily translate into an easy time in front of the camera . the actor be make to wear a false penis and have a lot of problem accept the fact that a make up have to touch him in way he never think he would ever be touch by another man . the luminous anne parillaud be marvelous a jeanne and the director . she make observation about the production and the actor and and the crew that fit well into the story be tell . gregoire colin and roxane mesquide play the lead actor and with all the insecurity that some actor bring to a movie set . jeanne have to massage their ego in order to get what she want in the end . ashley waninnger play leo and jeanne assistant . sex be comedy allows ms. breillet to give u her own take on film in general . this be a great look at the way movie be do in a typical breillat style .