Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme
★ 7.2 · 2021 · 55m · Documentary · History · TV Movie
A fresh new look at Lolita, the famous and controversial novel published in 1955 by Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov (1891-1977), a masterpiece of English-language literature that has been constantly misinterpreted by countless readers who have mistakenly turned its young heroine into an erotic icon.
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