The Story of O

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The Story of O (Histoire d'O) (1975, France/West Germany/Canada) is a Sexploitation film directed by Just Jaeckin.

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Main Details

  • Released on August 28, 1975 (France)
  • Color
  • Running time: 105 minutes | 97 minutes (USA)
  • Production Co.: A.D. Creation | Somerville House | Terra-Filmkunst | Yang Films
  • Distribution Co.: S.N. Prodis (1975) (France) (theatrical) | Allied Artists Pictures (1975) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) | Concorde Film (1975) (Netherlands) (theatrical) | FilmCenter (1977) (Sweden) (theatrical) | Constantin Film (1975) (West Germany) (theatrical) | Filmes Lusomundo (1976) (Portugal) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Just Jaeckin
  • Written by Sébastien Japrisot, from Dominique Aury's novel
  • Starring: Corinne Cléry, Udo Kier, Anthony Steel

Plot Summary

  • Photographer O's lover takes her to a Château, where she is, like other women there, naked, humiliated by whipping, sexual abuse by men etc. When O leaves, her lover gives her to his much older step-brother.

Taglines

  • The Masterpiece of Bizarre Love That Stormed France. A Portrait of Love and Submission to Disorder the Senses
  • "O" is the mistress of all mistresses.
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