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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.

Top Cast

  • Mylène Mackay

    Mylène Mackay

    Nelly

  • Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau

    Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau

    Isabelle Fortier

  • Mickaël Gouin

    Mickaël Gouin

    François

  • Francis Leplay

    Francis Leplay

    Mathieu

  • Sylvie Drapeau

    Sylvie Drapeau

    Suzanne

  • Catherine Brunet

    Catherine Brunet

    Peggy

  • Emmanuel Schwartz

    Emmanuel Schwartz

    Guillaume Rival

  • Marie-Claude Guérin

    Marie-Claude Guérin

    Melina

  • Marc Béland

    Marc Béland

    Psychanalist

Overview

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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