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Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme
“How was an abused teenage girl turned into an erotic icon?”
7.2 / 10• 2021• 55m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Denis Podalydès
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lead
Vladimir Nabokov
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Vanessa Springora
Herself - novelist & victim of a paedophile
IN
Ivan Nabokov
Himself - writer
BB
Brian Boyd
Himself - Nabokov's biographer
YC
Yannicke Chupin
Herself - Academic
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Olivia Mokiejewski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
