Writer of O

Name: Writer of O
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-04-01
Rating: 4.3

Documentary1h 20m

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Storyline

Published in Paris in 1954, Story of O was an immediate bestseller and literary scandal: an elegantly written S&M fantasy that had all the hallmarks of being an autobiographical account by the pseudonymous Pauline Réage. In 1994 Dominique Aury, a mild-mannered, dowdy editor for France’s prestigious Gallimard press, revealed her authorship. Pola Rapaport explores Aury's inspiration, recreating the world of '50s literary Paris and setting it against dramatic sequences that bring the infamous book to life. The author as well as various French intellectuals expound on the thorny relationship between sexuality and power, submission and freedom, liberation and non-being.

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DirectorPola Rapaport

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Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

5 fresh · 1 rotten

Steven Rea

RTPhiladelphia InquirerNov 10, 2005

The real reason to see this slight but interesting documentary is to watch and listen to the radiant Aury.

John Hartl

RTSeattle TimesAug 12, 2005

[Aury] provides this talking-heads documentary with most of its vitality.

Ty Burr

RTBoston GlobeJul 1, 2005

Because it doesn't have the heroic impact the filmmaker seems to have been looking for, she's forced to juggle, to diminishing returns. In the process, she raises more questions than she resolves.

Rex Roberts

RTFilm Journal InternationalFeb 22, 2007

Rapaport intersperses her reflections and those of people who knew her with dramatizations.