The Pornographer

The Pornographer (Le Pornographe)
Original film poster
Directed by	Bertrand Bonello
Produced by	Carole Scotta Bruno Jobin
Written by	Bertrand Bonello
Starring	Jean-Pierre Léaud Jérémie Renier Dominique Blanc Catherine Mouchet
Music by	Bertrand Bonello Laurie Markovitch
Cinematography	Josée Deshaies
Edited by	Fabrice Rouaud
Production company	Haut et Court In Extremis Images
Distributed by	Haut et Court
Release dates	3 October 2001 (2001-10-03)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	France Canada
Language	French
Budget	$1.1 million
Box office	$485.000[1]

The Pornographer (French: Le Pornographe) is a 2001 French-Canadian drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello who co-wrote the music score with Laurie Markovitch. The film features explicit sexual scenes by pornographic actress Ovidie. It won the FIPRESCI Prize (International Critics Week) at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival^[2] and was nominated for the Stockholm Film Festival for Bronze Horse.

Synopsis

Jacques Laurent is a former porn producer once active in the seventies.

Cast

• 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
• Laurent Lucas as Carles

See also

• List of mainstream movies with unsimulated sex
• Boogie Nights
• Lovelace, a 2012 film about Deep Throat's star Linda Lovelace.

References

External links

• The Pornographer at the Internet Movie Database
• The Pornographer at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
• Le Pornographe at Films de France