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Nelly

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Original title

Nelly

Year

2016

Running time

101 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Anne Émond

Screenwriter

Anne Émond. Novel: Nelly Arcan

Cast

Cinematography

Josée Deshaies

Producer

Les Films Séville

Genre

Drama | Prostitution. Biography

Synopsis

A biopic of controversial Quebec writer Nelly Arcan, who scandalized the French literary world in 2001 with her semi-autobiographical novel "Putain (Whore)", detailing the life of a prostitute named Cynthia, the story was based on Arcan's own experience as a sex worker. The portrait of a fragmented woman, lost between irreconcilable identities: writer, lover, call girl and star. Several women in one, navigating between great exaltation and great disenchantment.

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Nelly

2016

Anne Émond

5.8

(35)