Nelly

Nelly

2017 · 101 min · FR · 6.1 (24 votes)
Dir. Anne Émond · Starring Mylène Mackay, Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau, Mickaël Gouin, Francis Leplay, Sylvie Drapeau, Catherine Brunet · Music Vincent Legault

She wrote WHORE. This is her life.

Drama

A high-class prostitute by choice, Nelly Arcan’s colorful life is recreated in a multi-layered and stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing Nelly’s alter egos: the neurotic writer, the vulnerable lover, the call girl and the star. Nelly shocked the literary world with her elegant writing and the lurid details of sex work in her autobiographical first novel, Whore, which became a critically acclaimed bestseller. Despite unprecedented success, Nelly’s remarkable life ended in tragedy.

VIBE

A stylish, multi-layered exploration of a woman's complex inner world. It feels like peeling back the layers of a fascinating, provocative life, revealing vulnerability and artistic struggle beneath a curated facade. A deeply personal and affecting experience.

introspectivevulnerablemelancholicprovocativesteadyarthousebiographical dramastylizedidentitysexualityarttrauma
biographywoman directorsex worker
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