Nelly
“She wrote WHORE. This is her life.”
A high-class prostitute by choice, Nelly Arcan’s colorful life is recreated in a multi-layered and stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing Nelly’s alter egos: the neurotic writer, the vulnerable lover, the call girl and the star. Nelly shocked the literary world with her elegant writing and the lurid details of sex work in her autobiographical first novel, Whore, which became a critically acclaimed bestseller. Despite unprecedented success, Nelly’s remarkable life ended in tragedy.
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Mylène Mackay
Nelly
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Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau
Isabelle Fortier
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Mickaël Gouin
François
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Francis Leplay
Mathieu
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Sylvie Drapeau
Suzanne
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Catherine Brunet
Peggy
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Emmanuel Schwartz
Guillaume Rival
Known for
Next Floor
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Marie-Claude Guérin
Melina
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Marc Béland
Psychanalist
Known for
Aline
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Francis Ducharme
Journalist
Known for
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Jason Cavalier
Client Toronto
Known for
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Karelle Tremblay
Jeune livreuse
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Anne Émond Director · Frannie Holder Composer Charles Lavoie Composer
United States release January 7, 2017 · Produced in Canada
Production
GO Films
Production
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Canada · September 12, 2016
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · January 7, 2017
Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
Canada · January 20, 2017
Theatrical
France
December 1, 2017 · Digital · e-cinema
South Korea
August 24, 2017 · Theatrical
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