Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme

The read

It runs a compact 55m.

Synopsis

A fresh new look at Lolita, the famous and controversial novel published in 1955 by Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov (1891-1977), a masterpiece of English-language literature that has been constantly misinterpreted by countless readers who have mistakenly turned its young heroine into an erotic icon.

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Key crew

• Olivia MokiejewskiDirector
• Olivia MokiejewskiWriter
• Olivier DepardonOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Denis PodalydèsSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Vladimir NabokovSelf - Writer (archive footage)
• Vanessa SpringoraHerself - novelist & victim of a paedophile
• Ivan NabokovHimself - writer
• Brian BoydHimself - Nabokov's biographer
• Yannicke ChupinHerself - Academic

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