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.
