La Petite Morte
Directed byEmmanuelle Schick Garcia
Written byEmmanuelle Schick Garcia
Produced byEmmanuelle Schick Garcia
Cinematography
  • Hugh Scott
  • James Yuan
Edited byRuben Korenfeld
Music byCaptain Ahab
Production
company
JPS Films
Distributed byVodeotv
Release date
  • June 20, 2003 (2003-06-20) (Slovakia)
Running time
41 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
Budget$55,000

La Petite Morte is a 2003[1] Canadian documentary directed by Emmanuelle Schick Garcia about the pornography business in France, centering on the interviews of Raffaela Anderson,[2] John B. Root and others. It won three film festival awards for Best Documentary and one nomination for Best Documentary.

The title is a reference to "la petite mort", Gallic slang for "the little death", an idiom and euphemism for orgasm.[3]

Background

Shick Garcia stated the purpose of this documentary was to portray a humane look at people involved with the porn industry.[2] She spent seven months researching for the film, including performing interviews, watching films, and reading about the pornography industry.[1]

Interviewees

Interviewees include Raffaëla Anderson, Fred Coppula,[3] Brigitte Lahaie, Clara Morgane, Francis Mischkind, Oceane, and John B. Root. During the interview Anderson talks with Shick Garcia about many subjects revolving around pornography like rape, incest and suicide.[3]

Reception

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Both Schick and Anderson have too much contempt for porn, its makers and its audience for their tedious film to have much significance."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Lorenc, Renata; Meksawan, Mai. "Exclusive interview with filmmaker Emmanuelle Schick (La Petite Morte)". www.IndependentFilmQuarterly.com. IFQ. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Mendoza, Paul. "Films document 'Visions of Five' female students". www.FilmTV.UCLA.edu. Daily Bruin. Archived from the original on May 10, 2003. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Allison, Anthony (2003-07-24). "Film: Sublimely ridiculous". Las Vegas Mercury. Archived from the original on August 1, 2003. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Kevin (2003-09-18). "The truth sinks in". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
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