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Nana

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1981– 1981–
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Nana (1981)
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During the last years of the French Second Empire, a prostitute named Nana Coupeau rises from the very bottom of the social ladder to become one of the most sought-after courtesans.During the last years of the French Second Empire, a prostitute named Nana Coupeau rises from the very bottom of the social ladder to become one of the most sought-after courtesans.During the last years of the French Second Empire, a prostitute named Nana Coupeau rises from the very bottom of the social ladder to become one of the most sought-after courtesans.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
39
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  • Stars
    • Véronique Genest
    • Guy Tréjan
    • Patrick Préjean
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    • Véronique Genest
    • Guy Tréjan
    • Patrick Préjean
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    Véronique Genest
    Véronique Genest
    • Nanaas Nana
    5 episodes5 eps • 1981
    Guy Tréjan
    Guy Tréjan
    • Comte Muffatas Comte Muffat
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Patrick Préjean
    • Fontanas Fontan
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Sacha Briquet
    • Comte de Vandeuvresas Comte de Vandeuvres
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Tony Rödel
    • Steineras Steiner
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Marion Game
    • Zoéas Zoé
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Micky Sébastian
    Micky Sébastian
    • Satinas Satin
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Vincent Ropion
    • Georges Hugonas Georges Hugon
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Albert Simono
    • Labordetteas Labordette
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    André Cellier
    André Cellier
    • Bordenaveas Bordenave
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Jean Martinelli
    Jean Martinelli
    • Chouartas Chouart
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Armand Mestral
    Armand Mestral
    • Mignonas Mignon
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Sarah Sanders
    • Sabineas Sabine
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Charlotte de Turckheim
    Charlotte de Turckheim
    • Roseas Rose
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Madeleine Barbulée
    • Mme Leratas Mme Lerat
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Hélène Duc
    • Mme Hugonas Mme Hugon
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Maria Meriko
    • La Tricouas La Tricou
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
    Michel Favory
    • Faucheryas Fauchery
    4 episodes4 eps • 1981
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    During the last years of the French Second Empire, a prostitute named Nana Coupeau rises from the very bottom of the social ladder to become one of the most sought-after courtesans.
    • tv mini series
    • based on novel
    • character name as series title
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    • forename as series title
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    • Trivia
      Broadcast on Antenne 2 in 1981, this mini-series launched Véronique Genest's acting career by making her a star. In her autobiography, the actress recalls how she got the role. There were 500 candidates and she couldn't get an audition fixed. So she left the female casting director a nude photo of herself wearing only socks ("What a bitch! -she said"). A few days later, director Maurice Cazeneuve in person phoned her to make an appointment at his house in rue de Lille. "I enter, he observes me, I take off my down jacket, he makes me walk, turn, speaks to me about the role, tells me that he saw my photo..." He wanted she rehearsed a scene, the one where, "Nana undresses in front of her psyche, caresses herself and finds herself naked after a suggestive striptease. I take off one to one petticoat, basque and stockings." She was completely nude in front of the director who looked "delighted" , "also because I had no weight problems and I knew I had nice breasts and a round bottom." He told her that he wanted to play opposite her, so he 'entered' and she then thanked him for his 'touch'. Genest returned in rue de Lille several more times, repeating that erotic scene, but she knew that the director "is not the only one to decide and if in my opinion his choice is made, he must impose it on his producers." 'Show them what you can do', he suggested her, and finally Genest got the role but only after she had 'kissed' "some of them of all ages, of all kinds...Well, I remind you that Nana was a whore, in case you forgot..."
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    7/10
    close to zola
    Very Good TV Movie ,Far better than the Christian-Jaque 1954 Movie and also probably the closest to Zola Novel..Unfortunately Veronique Genest is only a nice Nana but you really wonder why so many Rich Men destroy their lives for Her..I think most beautiful movie women would have been miscast in this role as those famous "Reines de Paris" all disappeared with WW1...Perhaps Greta Garbo could have played it.
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    • pierrealix
    • May 10, 2001

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    • Release date
      • March 15, 1981 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Belgium
      • Switzerland
    • Language
      • French
    • Production companies
      • France 2 (FR2)
      • Pathé
      • Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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