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The Pornographer
Theatrical release poster
French	Le Pornographe
Directed by	Bertrand Bonello
Written by	Bertrand Bonello
Produced by	Carole Scotta
Starring	Jean-Pierre Léaud Jérémie Renier Dominique Blanc Thibault de Montalembert André Marcon Alice Houri Ovidie Catherine Mouchet Laurent Lucas
Cinematography	Josée Deshaies
Edited by	Fabrice Rouaud
Music by	Bertrand Bonello Laurie Markovitch
Production companies	Haut et Court In Extremis Images
Distributed by	Haut et Court
Release dates	8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) (TIFF) 3 October 2001 (2001-10-03) (France)
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	France Canada
Language	French
Budget	€1 million ($1.1 million)
Box office	$126, 027

The Pornographer (French: Le Pornographe) is a 2001 erotic drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello, who co-wrote the music score with Laurie Markovitch. The film features an explicit sex scene with two pornographic actors, Ovidie and Titof. It won the FIPRESCI Prize (International Critics Week) at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Bronze Horse at the Stockholm Film Festival.

Synopsis

Jacques Laurent is a former director of pornographic films, once active in the 1970s. Due to financial hardships, he comes out of retirement and resumes his career in porn, only to discover that the industry has changed.

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 [fr] as Monika
• Ovidie as Jenny
• Titof as Franck
• Laurent Lucas as Carles

See also

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

References

1. "Le Pornographe (2001)". JP's Box-Office (in French).
2. "The Pornographer (2001)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
3. "Festival de Cannes: Bertrand Bonello biography". Cannes Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2009.

External links

• The Pornographer at IMDb
• The Pornographer at the British Film Institute
• The Pornographer at Films de France

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