

Nelly
Visit website6.1/10 • 28
2017-01-20 • 1h 41m
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.
- Directors
- Anne Émond
- Editors
- Mathieu Bouchard-Malo

Nelly
Visit website2017-01-20 • 1h 41m
6.1/10 • 28
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.
- Directors
- Anne Émond
- Editors
- Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsMylène Mackay
Nelly
Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau
Isabelle Fortier
Mickaël Gouin
François
Francis Leplay
Mathieu
Sylvie Drapeau
Suzanne
Catherine Brunet
Peggy
Emmanuel Schwartz
Guillaume Rival
Marie-Claude Guérin
Melina
Marc Béland
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- Original Language
- French
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- Keywords
- biographywoman directorsex worker