Bibliograph

Writer of O, [a film by Pola Rapaport ; Zeitgeist Films, INA and Blinding Light Films present ; written and directed by Pola Rapaport]

Type

Label

Writer of O, [a film by Pola Rapaport ; Zeitgeist Films, INA and Blinding Light Films present ; written and directed by Pola Rapaport]

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated. Contains adult content

Main title

Writer of O

Medium

videorecording DVD

Responsibility statement

[a film by Pola Rapaport ; Zeitgeist Films, INA and Blinding Light Films present ; written and directed by Pola Rapaport]

Runtime

Summary

Description: Writer of O portrays the hidden author of the erotic novel Story of O, whose true identity was revealed only forty years after the book was publishedFilm Forum [from container]: "Published in Paris in 1954, Story of O was an immediate bestseller and literary scandal: an elegantly written S&M fantasy that had all the hallmarks of being an autobiographical account by the pseudonymous Pauline Réage. In 1994 Dominique Aury, a mild-mannered editor for France's prestigious Gallimard Press, revealed her authorship. Pola Rapaport explores Aury's inspiration, re-creating the world of '50s literary Paris and setting it against dramatic sequences that bring the infamous book to life ..."

Technique

live action

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