Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 101 minutes
Inspired by the life and work of Nelly Arcan who scandalized the literary world with her novel based on her experiences as an escort.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Anne ÉMOND Writer(s) : Anne ÉMOND, Dear criminals (BAND) Cast : Mylène MACKAY, Mylia CORBEIL-GAUVREAU, Mickaël GOUIN, Sylvie DRAPEAU, Catherine BRUNET, Francis LEPLAY Producer(s) : Nicole ROBERT (Films Nelly Inc.)
NELLY is a portrait of a fragmented woman, lost between irreconcilable identities: writer, lover, call girl, and star. Several women in one, navigating between great exaltation and great disenchantment - a film mirror of a violent life and a radical work.A film inspired by the life and work of novelist Nelly Arcan. A literary star in France and Quebec, her novels drew inspiration from her own experience as a professional escort before ultimately committing suicide at the age of thirty-six.
Country(ies) : CANADA
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Toronto - TIFF 2016 VanguardFilmfest Hamburg 2016Festival Films by the Sea 2016Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur 2016