The Pornographer: A Love Story

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alan Wade directs. Michael F. Barrow behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 22 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Directed by Alan Wade, shot by Michael F. Barrow. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Irène Jacob and Martin Donovan and Ezra Barnes carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt0246157 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Michael F. Barrow

Production design

Franckie Diago

Costume design

Elizabeth Shelton

Makeup / hair

Maryann Marchetti

Runtime

81 min · 1h 21m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

The Pornographer: A Love Story (2004) ↗

Also by

Alan Wade

• 
  Julian Po

  1997 · ★ 6.5

Key crew

• ProducerJoana Vicente
• ProducerJason Kliot
• Production DesignFranckie Diago
• Set DecorationNathalie Cassegrain
• Costume DesignElizabeth Shelton
• Makeup ArtistMaryann Marchetti
• Production Sound MixerDavid Raphael
• Supervising Sound EditorJacob Ribicoff

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2004-05-02