Pornotropic

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Audience Score
70
Pornotropic
StarringRomane BohringerAnn Laura StolerFrançoise Vergès
DirectorsNathalie MasduraudValérie Urrea
NR 53 minHistory, Documentary
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Plot
When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Meanwhile, in Indochina, France was suffering its first military defeats in its war against the Việt Minh, the rebel movement for independence.

Movie Details

Original Language:French
Production Companies:Les Batelières Productions, ARTE, TV5 Monde
Pornotropic on the Web:Official Website
woman directorbased on novel or bookracism1950sportrait of an artistfrench colonialismforced prostitutionwhite supremacyfrench writerindochina war