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  • 2018
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2018
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Nelly Arcan shocked the literary world with elegant phrasing and lurid details of sex work in her semi-autobiographical first novel, Putain (Whore), which became an international best-seller in 2001. A prostitute by choice, Nelly's fragmented life is laid bare in a stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing a woman lost between ir...

Directed By: Anne Émond

Written By: Nelly Arcan, Anne Émond

  • 2018
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2018
  • Cinema Libre Studio
  • 1 h 40 m

Nelly

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Summary Nelly Arcan shocked the literary world with elegant phrasing and lurid details of sex work in her semi-autobiographical first novel, Putain (Whore), which became an international best-seller in 2001. A prostitute by choice, Nelly's fragmented life is laid bare in a stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing a woman lost between ir...

Directed By: Anne Émond

Written By: Nelly Arcan, Anne Émond

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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70
Sep 8, 2018
Nelly delivers a deliberately fragmentary, time-shifting portrait that is as provocative as it is sometimes frustrating. What anchors the proceedings is the lead performance of Mylene Mackay, whose star will definitely be on the rise after this sexy, galvanizing turn.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 6, 2018
The character Ms. Émond and Ms. Mackay create is not likable, but is puzzling in an engrossing way. I am not sufficiently familiar with Ms. Fortier’s work to weigh in on how accurately this film represents it, but as an act of complex homage, “Nelly” gets to a few interesting places.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
65
Sep 6, 2018
While the film’s vision of Nelly Arcan may ultimately remain just slightly out of focus (a notion that’s duly literalized in its final shots), Mylène Mackay’s powerhouse turn seems certain to resonate.
By Budd Wilkins FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 6, 2018
Émond obviously has deep feeling for Arcan, and “Nelly” is a sincere and respectful attempt to do at least partial, fragmentary justice to a troubled woman able to self-create any persona except a happy one, but it can’t put her back together again.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 13, 2018
Arcan wrote prolifically about beauty and female identity in essays and articles, as well as her books, and Émond uses those words extensively in the film. But what may have been profound and poetic on the page feels redundant and banal on screen. It’s a sad tale that never manifests much more than that singular emotion.
By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Cactus Films, Go Films
Release Date Sep 7, 2018
Duration 1 h 40 m
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Tagline She wrote WHORE. This is her life.
Website http://nelly-movie.com/
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Awards

Jutra Awards
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Toronto International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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