The Pornographer
Le pornographe
Canada, France
2001
108 Min
Color
1.85:1
French
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Synopsis
Jacques Laurent was a well known pornographer back in the 70s. Today, because of financial difficulties, he decides to start shooting porn films again. A number of years earlier, his son Joseph abruptly left home after finding out what his father did for a living. Time has passed. Today Joseph is seventeen years old and father and son meet again. While Jacques is wondering how to finish his life, Joseph is trying to give direction to his. –uniFrance
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Bertrand Bonello
Bertrand was born September 11, 1968, in Nice, France.
Bertrand Bonello trained as a classical musician and played in an orchestra, accompanying Carole Laure and Françoise Hardy, among others, on tours and in the recording studio. He composed music for short films (including his own) as well as for commercials. His first feature film was Quelque chose d’organique (Something Organic) (1998), a co-production of France and Canada which was presented at the Berlin Festival (Panorama). Bonello moved to Montreal, Canada in 1991. He lives between Paris and Montreal.
Le pornographe (2001) won the FIPRESCI prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Tiresia (2003) was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
His work has been associated with the New French Extremity. –Wikipedia
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Commie Bee
13Apr12
"History is the passion of sons who wish to understand the fathers." ~ Pier Paolo Pasolini
Leonid Sokolov
27May11
A wonderfull movie. I would read the film as one on moviemaking in general. Is a pornographer, is a direcor an artist? Bonello was lucky to have the face of Jean-Pierre Léaud for his protagonist, this face we know as the incarnation of cinematic art. Beautiful pictures frame this inquery of an artist as a man, father and pornographer. As we know after Cannes 2011: BONELLO is a great pornogapher himself.
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The Pornographer
By Marcus WP on June 1, 2011
Sometimes rotten tomatoes confuses me. Sure they have a solid overall system for rating films, but every once in a while they all completely miss the boat. It amazes me how a group of critics with… read review
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