Le pornographe
The Pornographer | Il pornografo
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In the Seventies Jacques Laurent was a famous porn director. When his son Joseph discovers his father’s job he runs away from home, leading Laurent to end his career, but because of financial problems the director comes back to his old profession. Joseph will be the one to give back a sense to Jacques’s life, recreating their old relationship. The film is a brilliant meditation about cinema, filiation and political commitment, played by the melancholic clumsiness of the great Jean-Pierre Léaud.
DIRECTORY
Bertrand Bonello was born in 1968. His first feature-length film, Quelque chose d’organique (1998), was presented at the Berlinale (Panorama section). Le pornographe (2001) was presented at the Cannes Critics’ Week and won the FIPRESCI award. Tiresia (2003) was in competition in Cannes. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs presented De la guerre in 2008. L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close (2011) was part of the main competition in Cannes and was nominated to eight César awards. Saint Laurent (2014), in competition in Cannes as well, represented France at the Oscars and received ten nominations to César awards. After Nocturama (2016), Zombi Child (2019) was screened at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, and Coma premiered in Berlinale 2022 where it received the FIPRESCI award.