The Pornographer
(Redirected from Le Pornographe)
| The Pornographer | |
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| French | Le Pornographe |
| Directed by | Bertrand Bonello |
| Written by | Bertrand Bonello |
| Produced by | Carole Scotta |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Josée Deshaies |
| Edited by | Fabrice Rouaud |
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| Distributed by | Haut et Court |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
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| Language | French |
| Budget | €1 million[1] ($1.1 million) |
| Box office | $126, 027[2] |
The Pornographer (French: Le Pornographe) is a 2001 erotic drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello, who co-wrote the music score with Laurie Markovitch. The film features an explicit sex scene with two pornographic actors, Ovidie and Titof. It won the FIPRESCI Prize (International Critics Week) at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival[3] and was nominated for the Bronze Horse at the Stockholm Film Festival.
Synopsis
[edit]Jacques Laurent is a former director of pornographic films, 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
[edit]- Jean-Pierre Léaud as Jacques Laurent
- Jérémie Renier as Joseph
- Dominique Blanc as Jeanne
- Catherine Mouchet as Olivia Rochet
- Thibault de Montalembert as Richard
- André Marcon as Louis
- Alice Houri as Monika
- Ovidie as Jenny
- Titof as Franck
- Laurent Lucas as Carles
See also
[edit]- List of mainstream films with unsimulated sex
- Boogie Nights
- Lovelace, a 2012 film about Deep Throat's star Linda Lovelace.
References
[edit]- ^ "Le Pornographe (2001)". JP's Box-Office (in French).
- ^ "The Pornographer (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Bertrand Bonello biography". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
External links
[edit]- The Pornographer at IMDb
- The Pornographer at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- The Pornographer at Films de France
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Categories:
- 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
- Erotic film stubs