Pornotropic

Pornotropic

53 mins | Documentary, History | Sept. 30, 2020

When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Meanwhile, in Indochina, France was suffering its first military defeats in its war against the Việt Minh, the rebel movement for independence.

Pornotropic

53 mins | Documentary, History | Sept. 30, 2020

Pornotropic
When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Meanwhile, in Indochina, France was suffering its first military defeats in its war against the Việt Minh, the rebel movement for independence.
Producers ARTE, TV5 Monde, Les Batelières Productions
Original title Pornotropic : Marguerite Duras et l'illusion coloniale
Directors Valérie Urrea, Nathalie Masduraud
Writers

Cast

Romane Bohringer

as Self - Reader

Ann Laura Stoler

as Self- Anthropologist

Françoise Vergès

as Self - Politologist

Alain Ruscio

as Self - Historian

Boulomsouk Svadphaiphane

as Self - Writer

Marguerite Duras

as Self - Writer (archive footage)