The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Pola RapaportWriter
- Pola RapaportDirector
Cast
- Catherine MouchetYoung Dominique Aury
- Pénélope PuymiratO
- Cyril CorralRené
- Alain RimouxJean Paulhan