Writer of O
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Cast & Crew
Pola Rapaport
John De St. Jorre
Penelope Puymirat
Jean-jacques Pauvert
Nicole Aboulker
Thierry Decarbonnieres
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Synopsis
Published in Paris in 1954, "The 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, dowdy editor for France's prestigious Gallimard press, revealed her authorship. Pola Rapaport explores Aury's inspiration, recreating the world of '50s literary Paris and setting it against dramatic sequences that bring the infamous book to life. The author and various French intellectuals expound on the thorny relationship between sexuality and power, submission and freedom, liberation and non-being. Even today, "The Story of O" mystifies in its power and confounds in its contradictions.
Director
Pola Rapaport
Cast
John De St. Jorre
Penelope Puymirat
Jean-jacques Pauvert
Nicole Aboulker
Thierry Decarbonnieres
Dominique Aury
Regine Deforges
Jean-yves Roan
Barney Rosset
Catherine Mouchet
Cyril Corral
Alain Rimoux
Liz Porquerol
Crew
Nicole Aboulker
Dominique Aury
Helene Blazy
Helene Blazy
Michele Boig
Sylvie Cazin
Esther De Beauce
John De St. Jorre
Regine Deforges
Wolfgang Held
Wolfgang Held
Variety Moszynski
Jean-jacques Pauvert
Liz Porquerol
Pola Rapaport
Myriam Rene
Barney Rosset
Anne Schuchman
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Released in United States on Video September 4, 2007
Released in United States Spring May 4, 2005
Released in United States Spring May 4, 2005
Released in United States on Video September 4, 2007
