Pornotropic
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.
- Year: 2020
- Country: France
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Studio: Les Batelières Productions, ARTE, TV5 Monde
- Keyword: based on novel or book, racism, forced prostitution, woman director, french colonialism, 1950s, white supremacy, portrait of an artist, indochina war, french writer
- Director: Nathalie Masduraud, Valérie Urrea
- Cast: Romane Bohringer, Ann Laura Stoler, Françoise Vergès, Alain Ruscio, Boulomsouk Svadphaiphane, Marguerite Duras