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Release year: 1999

Storyline

A young writer becomes intrigued with a mysterious dark-haired woman who claims to be his long-lost sister, starting an unusual relationship with her and prompting a downward spiral involving his domineering mother and lovely fiancée.

Top credits

Directors

Leos Carax

Writers

Cast

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Did you know

• Pola is an acronym for "Pierre ou les ambiguités," the French translation of the title of the novel on which the film is based.

• The "X" in the title represents the number of drafts the script went through.

• Along with Annette (2021), it's the only film in which Leos Carax didn't cast his star Denis Lavant.

User reviews

⭐ 6/10

While extreme on the surface with its fair share of incest, sex, and violence, this is a strong film for its psychological study of bohemianism and decline

👍 11 · 5/29/2018

⭐ 6/10

is pretentious always a bad thing? maybe not, even if it keeps from being very recommendable

👍 20 · 6/27/2007

⭐ 5/10

Violence, explicit/deviant sex and other shock used to propel story

👍 19 · 6/5/1999