ZOLA'S NANA
TO BE TURNED INTO A MOVIE DRAMA
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| Olivier Dahan will direct the movie |
Under the French Greek co-production, and with the support of
France Télévision and
Canal+, Emile Zola's classic novel
NANA will be turned into a movie by director
Olivier Dahan known for
La Vie en Rose. The book tells the story of Nana Coupeau's rise from streetwalker to high-class cocotte during the last three years of the French Second Empire. She grows up in the slums of Paris and then has a brief career as an untalented actress before finding success as a courtesan. Although vulgar and ignorant, she has a destructive sexuality that attracts many rich and powerful men. Cruelly contemptuous of her lovers’ emotions, Nana wastes their fortunes, driving many of them to ruin and even suicide.
Nana is not a woman I would invite home for tea, but she could be fascinating on screen. They will need to choose the actress very carefully, because the whole film seems to depend on her. A hug with my wallet safely hidden.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting that I have had the book for years in my home library and still have not read it! Returning the hug.
DeleteWell, doesn't she seem like a delight.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good lass without a moral compass.
DeleteI haven't read the book but this does sound interesting.
ReplyDeleteI haven't either but I do have it.
DeleteUn’opera intensa e provocatoria, ricca di contraddizioni umane e passioni distruttive, che potrebbe offrire un adattamento cinematografico di grande impatto.
ReplyDeleteBuona domenica
She was very distruttive.
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