Underplayed Gems

La Petite Morte (2003)

La Petite Morte poster
Original title
La Petite morte
Directed by
Emmanuelle Schick Garcia
Genre
Documentary
Country
Canada
Runtime
41 min
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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