''The Pornographer'' () is a 2001
erotic
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drama
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film written and directed by
Bertrand Bonello
Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor. His work has been associated with the New French Extremity. He wrote and directed ''Something Organic'' (1998), '' The Pornographe ...
, who co-wrote the music score with Laurie Markovitch. The film features an explicit sex scene with two pornographic actors,
Ovidie
Ovidie is a French director, actress, producer, journalist, former porn actress and a writer. First known as a porn actress from 1999 to 2003, she has since directed pornographic films as well as documentaries and has written several books.
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and Titof. It won the FIPRESCI Prize (International Critics Week) at the
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was named Jury President for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the ''Palme d'Or'' for the drama film '' The Son's ...
and was nominated for the Bronze Horse at the
Stockholm Film Festival
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.
Synopsis
Jacques Laurent is a former director of
pornographic films
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, once active in the 1970s. Due to financial hardships, he comes out of retirement and resumes his career in porn, only to discover that the industry has changed.
Cast
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM (; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor best known for being an important figure of the French New Wave and his portrayal of Antoine Doinel in a series of films by François Truffaut, beginning with '' The 400 Blows'' (19 ...
as Jacques Laurent
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Jérémie Renier
(; born 6 January 1981) is a Belgian actor. His film debut was in 1992 at the age of 11 in a small Belgian film entitled "Les sept péchés capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins)". He became better known to worldwide audiences in '' Brotherhood of ...
as Joseph
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Dominique Blanc
Dominique Blanc (born 25 April 1956) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' May Fools'' (1990), '' Indochine'' (1992), '' La Reine Margot'' (1994), '' Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train'' (1998), and '' The Other One ...
as Jeanne
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Catherine Mouchet
Catherine Mouchet (born 21 August 1959) is a French actress.
She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, following the courses of Jacques Lassalle and Claude Régy. Her performance in the film '' Thérèse'', directed by Alain Cavalier, won he ...
as Olivia Rochet
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Thibault de Montalembert
Thibault Charles Marie Septime de Montalembert (born 10 February 1962) is a French theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the television series '' The Tunnel'' (2013–2018) and '' Call My Agent!'' (2015†...
as Richard
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André Marcon
André Marcon (born 6 July 1948) is a French actor. In 1980 he starred in '' Le Voyage en douce'' directed by Michel Deville.
Selected filmography
* '' Le Voyage en douce'' (1980)
* '' Stolen Life'' (1998)
* '' Peau d'Ange'' (2002)
* '' The P ...
as Louis
* as Monika
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Ovidie
Ovidie is a French director, actress, producer, journalist, former porn actress and a writer. First known as a porn actress from 1999 to 2003, she has since directed pornographic films as well as documentaries and has written several books.
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as Jenny
* Titof as Franck
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Laurent Lucas as Carles
See also
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List of mainstream films with unsimulated sex
* ''
Boogie Nights
''Boogie Nights'' is a 1997 American drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic ...
''
* ''
Lovelace'', a 2012 film about ''
Deep Throat''s star
Linda Lovelace
Linda Lovelace (born Linda Susan Boreman; January 10, 1949 – April 22, 2002) was an American pornographic actress who became famous for her performance in the 1972 hardcore film '' Deep Throat'', which was an enormous success. She later all ...
.
References
External links
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''The Pornographer''at the
British Film Institute
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''The Pornographer''at Films de France
2001 films
2001 drama films
2000s erotic drama films
2000s French-language films
Canadian erotic drama films
Canadian independent films
Films about pornography
Films directed by Bertrand Bonello
Films with screenplays by Bertrand Bonello
French erotic drama films
French independent films
French-language Canadian films
New French Extremity films
2000s Canadian films
2000s French films
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