Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme

The story

A fresh new look at Lolita, the famous and controversial novel published in 1955 by Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov (1891-1977), a masterpiece of English-language literature that has been constantly misinterpreted by countless readers who have mistakenly turned its young heroine into an erotic icon.

Cast & crew

Denis PodalydèsSelf - Narrator (voice)

Vladimir NabokovSelf - Writer (archive footage)

Vanessa SpringoraHerself - novelist & victim of a paedophile

Ivan Nabokov

Ivan NabokovHimself - writer

Brian Boyd

Brian BoydHimself - Nabokov's biographer

Yannicke Chupin

Yannicke ChupinHerself - Academic