A film by Pola Rapaport

Published in Paris in 1954, Story of O was an immediate bestseller and literary scandal: an elegantly written S&M fantasy that had all the hallmarks of being an autobiographical account by the pseudonymous Pauline Réage. In 1994 Dominique Aury, a mild-mannered editor for France’s prestigious Gallimard Press, revealed her authorship. Pola Rapaport explores Aury’s inspiration, re-creating the world of ’50s literary Paris and setting it against dramatic sequences that bring the infamous book to life. The author as well as various French intellectuals expound on the thorny relationship between sexuality and power, submission and freedom, liberation and non-being. Even today, Story of O mystifies in its power and confounds in its contradictions. —Film Forum

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
- 16:9 transfer, formatted for widescreen televisions
- Additional video interviews with writer John de St. Jorre, who revealed Dominique Aury’s identity as the author of O in a groundbreaking 1994 New Yorker article
- Liner notes by John de St. Jorre
- Dominique Aury bio
- Director’s statement
- Original theatrical trailer

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