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Nelly

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Nelly

Released Sep 7, 2018

1h 41m

Drama

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10 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A portrait of Canadian novelist Nelly Arcan, whose work was radical and who led a life filled with risks.

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Kevin Crust

Los Angeles Times

What may have been profound and poetic on the page feels redundant and banal on screen.

Sep 13, 2018

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

What anchors the proceedings is the lead performance of Mylene Mackay, whose star will definitely be on the rise after this sexy, galvanizing turn.

Sep 7, 2018

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

The character Ms. Émond and Ms. Mackay create is not likable, but is puzzling in an engrossing way.

Sep 6, 2018

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Michael McNeely

That Shelf

It is an exceptional film that reads as poetry and taps into the desperation and loss we all feel at some point.

Feb 21, 2019

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Peter Sobczynski

eFilmCritic.com

Mylene Mackay is good at suggesting the different aspects of her character, but the performance is not revelatory enough to overcome the otherwise half-baked nature of the film as a whole

Feb 20, 2019

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Kenneth R. Morefield

1More Film Blog

It is hard to present a person (Arcan) or a subject (prostitution) as both inscrutable and meaningful

Rated: 2/5

Feb 14, 2019

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If you want to spend almost 2 hours watching the unraveling life of a mentally disturbed author who was also a sex worker and drug addict, then this movie is for you. Otherwise it's nothing more than a boring mess of nothingness.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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A portrait of Canadian novelist Nelly Arcan, whose work was radical and who led a life filled with risks.

Director: Anne Émond
Producer: Nicole Robert
Screenwriter: Anne Émond
Distributor: Cinema Libre Studio
Production Co: Go Films LLC
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 7, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 11, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0K
Runtime: 1h 41m

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