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.

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Woman Undone

Woman Undone

1996

End of Summer

End of Summer

1997

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

2006

Children of a Lesser God

Children of a Lesser God

1986

The Sea Inside

The Sea Inside

2004

Or (My Treasure)

Or (My Treasure)

2004

Away from Her

Away from Her

2007

Irina Palm

Irina Palm

2007

11’09”01—September 11

11’09”01—September 11

2002

Me and My Sister

Me and My Sister

2004

Letters from the South

Letters from the South

2013

Rape

Rape

1971

A Very Unsettled Summer

A Very Unsettled Summer

2013

Little Crushes

Little Crushes

2014

Last Summer

Last Summer

2019

Deliverance

Deliverance

1919

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

2022

Godsend

Godsend

2013

Despair

Despair

2010

Speechless

Speechless

2015