Pornotropic

Pornotropic (2020)

September 30th, 20200h 53min

Documentary, History
70%

Overview

When French writer Marguerite Duras (1914-96) published her novel The Sea Wall in 1950, she came very close to winning the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Meanwhile, in Indochina, France was suffering its first military defeats in its war against the Việt Minh, the rebel movement for independence.


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