La Petite Morte
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| La Petite Morte | |
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| Directed by | Emmanuelle Schick Garcia |
| Written by | Emmanuelle Schick Garcia |
| Produced by | Emmanuelle Schick Garcia |
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| Edited by | Ruben Korenfeld |
| Music by | Captain Ahab |
Production company | JPS Films |
| Distributed by | Vodeotv |
Release date |
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Running time | 41 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $55,000[citation needed] |
La Petite Morte is a 2003 Canadian documentary directed by Emmanuelle Schick Garcia about the pornography business in France, centering on the interviews of Raffaela Anderson, John B. Root and others. It won three film festival awards for Best Documentary and one nomination for Best Documentary.
The title is a reference to "la petite mort", French for "the little death", an idiom and euphemism for orgasm.[1]
Interviewees[]
Interviewees include Raffaëla Anderson, Fred Coppula, Brigitte Lahaie, Clara Morgane, , , and John B. Root.
Reception[]
Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Both Schick and Anderson have too much contempt for porn, its makers and its audience for their tedious film to have much significance."[2]
References[]
- ^ Allison, Anthony (2003-07-24). "Film: Sublimely ridiculous". Las Vegas Mercury. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
- ^ Thomas, Kevin (2003-09-18). "The truth sinks in". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
External links[]
- La Petite Morte at IMDb
- Official website (archived March 15, 2008)
- MIT Press
- Independent Film Quarterly
- Radio Canada
- Indiewire
- Daily Bruin
- Venue Magazine (Spanish)
- SDP Noticias (Spanish)
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