Pornographe, Le (2001)

Director:

Bertrand Bonello

Writer:

Bertrand Bonello (scenario)

Release Date:

14 September 2001 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970's and '80's, but had put that aside for 20 years...

Plot Keywords:

Erection | Male Rear Nudity | Father Son Relationship | Nudity | Fellatio

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jean-Pierre Léaud	...	Jacques Laurent
Jérémie Renier	...	Joseph
Dominique Blanc	...	Jeanne
Catherine Mouchet	...	Olivia Rochet
Thibault de Montalembert	...	Richard
André Marcon	...	Louis
Alice Houri	...	Monika
Ovidie	...	Jenny
Laurent Lucas	...	Carles
Ségolène Savoff
Titof	...	Franck
Marcelo Teles
Violetta Sanchez
Nadia Nataf
Thomas Blanchard
Guillaume Verdier
Lou
K. Sandra		(as K Sandra)
Hervé P. Gustave		(as H.P.G)
Jérémie Elkaïm
Franck Richard
Clara Choveaux
Bernard Viguier
Xavier Aubert
Richaud Valls
Boris Salles
Anastasia

Directed by
Bertrand Bonello

Writing credits
Bertrand Bonello		(scenario)

Produced by
Simon Arnal	....	associate producer (as Arnal-Szlovak)
Caroline Benjo	....	associate producer
Stéphane Choquette	....	executive producer
Bruno Jobin	....	co-producer
Barbara Letellier	....	executive producer
Carole Scotta	....	producer

Original Music by
Bertrand Bonello
Laurie Markovitch

Cinematography by
Josée Deshaies

Film Editing by
Fabrice Rouaud

Casting by
Brigitte Moidon

Production Design by
Romain Denis

Set Decoration by
Patrick Barthelemy
Mylene Graziano
Benoit Noiret
Evariste Richer

Costume Design by
Romane Bohringer

Makeup Department
Sylvie Aid	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Christina Crassaris	....	post-production supervisor
Ludovic Leiba	....	unit manager
Elise Voitey	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Raphaël Chevènement	....	second assistant director
Matthew Gledhill	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Florent Maillot	....	property master
Elisabeth Mehu	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Sylvain Bellemare	....	sound editor
Louis Gignac	....	sound mixer
François Maurel	....	sound
Simon Meilleur	....	foley artist
Fred Messa	....	boom operator
Benoit Touchette	....	sound coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Gallou	....	grip
Catherine Georges	....	assistant camera
Aurélien Gerbault	....	gaffer
Gaston Grandou	....	key grip
Damien Jousselin	....	gaffer
Jean-Claude Lother	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Alain Charbit	....	extras casting
Patrick David	....	casting: porn actors

Editorial Department
Vanessa Basté	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Simon Arnal	....	production assistant
Caroline Benjo	....	production assistant
Maria Davidovici	....	script supervisor
Olivier Pasquier	....	administrator

Thanks
Bruno Nuytten	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Haut et Court
• In Extremis Images
• Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• TPS Cinéma (participation)
• Téléfilm Canada (participation)

Distributors

• Haut et Court (2001) (France) (theatrical)
• Mercure Distribution (2001) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Éditions Montparnasse (2002) (France) (DVD)
• Alamode Film (Germany)
• Boomerang Pictures (2002) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Film Tonic (Canada)
• Punto Zero (2008) (Italy) (all media)
• Sharada Distribuzione (2001) (Italy) (all media)

Also Known As:

The Pornographer (International: English title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

France | Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) (cut) | Australia:R | France:-16 | Germany:16 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | UK:R18 | UK:18 (cut) | Ireland:(Banned) (cut UK version)

Company:

Haut et Court

Movie Connections:

Features A Comédia de Deus (1995)

Soundtrack:

Danny Wilde

Too much "écoute chéri" here

There is a tradition in French film, which very much comes from "The new Wave", of letting the actors saying deadly destiny-filled things with an absolute zero expression in their faces. Every third line usually starts with the words "Écoute chéri". Personally I can't cope with that acting tradition. Unfortunately that tradition is still strong, as one can see in "Le Pornographe".

The plot is about an aging porno director, who once quitted his art, because of his son finding out and his son being disgusted. That could of course be a good script out of this, but it isn't. Not at all. It's hard to find that the people really care about each other, so why should you? Where is two X-rated scenes here, but why? Is it maybe a trick of getting people to the movie houses? They won't be much excited.