Pornotropic (2020)

7.0/10 53 min Documentary History

Overview

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.

Cast

Romane Bohringer

Self - Reader

Françoise Vergès

Self - Politologist

Alain Ruscio

Self - Historian

Marguerite Duras

Self - Writer (archive footage)

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