Pornotropic (2020)

Original title

Pornotropic : Marguerite Duras et l'illusion coloniale

Directed by

Nathalie Masduraud, Valérie Urrea

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

France

Runtime

53 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary links the life and work of French writer Marguerite Duras to the colonial history of Indochina. It examines how her novel The Sea Wall was published during France's early military losses in the war against Vietnamese independence.

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