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  • 2005
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2005
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 20 m
Writer of O

Summary Published in Paris in 1954, Story of O was an immediate bestseller and literary scandal: an elegantly written S&M fantasy that had all the hallmarks of being an autobiographical account by the pseudonymous Pauline Réage. In 1994 Dominique Aury, a mild-mannered, dowdy editor for France’s prestigious Gallimard press, revealed her authorshi...

Directed By: Pola Rapaport

Written By: Pola Rapaport

  • 2005
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 20 m
  • 2005
  • Zeitgeist Films
  • 1 h 20 m

Writer of O

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Published in Paris in 1954, Story of O was an immediate bestseller and literary scandal: an elegantly written S&M fantasy that had all the hallmarks of being an autobiographical account by the pseudonymous Pauline Réage. In 1994 Dominique Aury, a mild-mannered, dowdy editor for France’s prestigious Gallimard press, revealed her authorshi...

Directed By: Pola Rapaport

Written By: Pola Rapaport

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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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31% Positive
4 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
15% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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31% Positive
4 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
15% Negative
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75
The real reason to see this slight but interesting documentary is to watch and listen to the radiant Aury.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
75
Touching and sentimental.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
60
An elegant but muddled affair, worth seeing despite (and maybe because of) its own split personality.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
50
It is a mash note from first-time filmmaker Pola Rapaport to Aury, but its attempts to dramatize passages of the book are at odds with Aury's advice that "Story of O" was a piece of writing "not meant to be spoken."
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
50
More speculative than deeply felt.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
40
A dry compendium of talking-head interviews.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
30
A most unfortunate film that combines standard documentary techniques, including talking-head interviews, with some maladroit dramatizations from Aury's life and her novel.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company INA Films, Blinding Light Inc.
Release Date May 4, 2005
Duration 1 h 20 m
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Tagline A shocking novel of sadomasochism. A worldwide literary sensation. Its author's identity hidden for 40 years.
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