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Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme

Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme

How was an abused teenage girl turned into an erotic icon?
Sep 29, 2021 55m
7.5
4 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme
Companies TV Presse Productions, ARTE
Countries France
Keywords based on novel or book, based on true story, social documentary, documentary
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