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Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme
Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme

Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme

How was an abused teenage girl turned into an erotic icon?

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A fresh new look at Lolita, the famous and controversial novel published in 1955 by Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov (1891-1977), a masterpiece of English-language literature that has been constantly misinterpreted by countless readers who have mistakenly turned its young heroine into an erotic icon.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

55 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

29 September 2021

Country

France

Cast

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

Self - Narrator (voice)

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Vanessa Springora

Vanessa Springora

Herself - novelist & victim of a paedophile

Ivan Nabokov

Ivan Nabokov

Himself - writer

Brian Boyd

Brian Boyd

Himself - Nabokov's biographer

Yannicke Chupin

Yannicke Chupin

Herself - Academic

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