
"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.
Nelly

Isabelle Fortier

François

Mathieu

Suzanne

Peggy

Guillaume Rival

Melina

Psychanalist

Journalist

Client Toronto

Jeune livreuse

Marie-Julie
Jade

Vanessa
Doctor

Isabelle's father

Tarot Card Reader

Client Pierre

Surgeon

Client Rock

Client Patrick

Félix
Joshua
Nurse

Spectator
Spectator

Isabelle's Mother

Young Man at Party
Young Man at Party
Young Woman at Party
Bartender
Olivier

Lucia

Karine

Guy Friend at Party
Girl Friend at Party
Girl Friend at Party

Bikini Girl
Little Girl in Locker Room
Mother in Locker Room
Priest