La Petite Morte (2003)

Original title

La Petite morte

Directed by

Emmanuelle Schick Garcia

Country

Canada

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews people in the French pornography industry to get their perspectives on their work. It focuses on the experiences and thoughts of several individuals involved in adult films.

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What happens

La Petite Morte is a 2003 Canadian documentary directed by Emmanuelle Schick Garcia about the pornography business in France, centering on the interviews of Raffaela Anderson, John B. Root and others. It won three film festival awards for Best Documentary and one nomination for Best Documentary. The title is a reference to "la petite mort", Gallic slang for "the little death", an idiom and euphemism for orgasm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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