Raffaëla Anderson
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Raffaëla Anderson was an adult film performer from 1995 to 2001, and is now a non-fiction writer and occasionally acts in mainstream productions.
, the 2003 documentary film by Emmanuelle Schick Garcia
about the French pornography business, includes interviews with Anderson, who relates being sexually molested as a child by an uncle.She said in an interview with Thierry Ardisson that she is gay and happily in love and married with a woman.
Anderson played “Manu” in the controversial 2000 film, Baise-moi
, an explicit French film about two women embarking on a journey of sex and violence with murder. Time
magazine reviewed the film and noted, “And as one of the amoral avengers, Raffaela Anderson has true star quality...." In the 2004 mainstream film, Amour de Femme, she played a dance instructor who falls in love with a married woman.
In 2005 she participated, along with nine other current or former adult film performers, in the documentary Une vie classée X from Mireille Darc
for the French TV channel France 3. She relates how she lost her virginity on camera, speaks of her family and background, and of the violence she suffered or witnessed in the porn industry. She also mentions cocaine and alcohol abuse during episodes of depression after leaving the pornography business.
Anderson wrote a book entitled, Hard, describing her experiences in the porn industry and decrying its abuses. In the documentary film La Petite Morte she voiced many of the same criticisms. In 2006, Tendre violence, a narration of her childhood with her Muslim
family in Gagny
was published.
Personal life
La Petite MorteLa Petite Morte
La Petite Morte is a 2003 documentary directed by Emmanuelle Schick Garcia about the pornography business in Paris, centering on the interviews of Raffaela Anderson, John B. Root and others. It won three film festival awards for Best Documentary and one nomination for Best Documentary.The title is...
, the 2003 documentary film by Emmanuelle Schick Garcia
Emmanuelle Schick Garcia
Emmanuelle Schick Garcia is a Spanish-Canadian writer and film director, born in the south of France to a Spanish mother and a Canadian father. At the age of three her family moved to Vancouver, Canada where she grew up....
about the French pornography business, includes interviews with Anderson, who relates being sexually molested as a child by an uncle.She said in an interview with Thierry Ardisson that she is gay and happily in love and married with a woman.
Career
She studied secretary and then responded to an advertisement in a newspaper. She entered the French pornography business in 1995 when she was 19 and left it six years later. While still in adult films, she was raped by two men who recognized her as a porn actress. In the documentary, she explains how the prosecutor and judge in her case dismissed the rape with the attitude, “You’re an actress in pornographic films, so you can’t complain.”Anderson played “Manu” in the controversial 2000 film, Baise-moi
Baise-moi
Baise-moi is a French film co-directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi, released in 2000. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1999. The film received intense media coverage because of its graphic mix of violence and explicit sex scenes...
, an explicit French film about two women embarking on a journey of sex and violence with murder. Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine reviewed the film and noted, “And as one of the amoral avengers, Raffaela Anderson has true star quality...." In the 2004 mainstream film, Amour de Femme, she played a dance instructor who falls in love with a married woman.
In 2005 she participated, along with nine other current or former adult film performers, in the documentary Une vie classée X from Mireille Darc
Mireille Darc
Mireille Darc is a French model and actress. She was Alain Delon's longtime co-star and companion. She appeared as a lead character in Jean-Luc Godard's 1967 film Week End...
for the French TV channel France 3. She relates how she lost her virginity on camera, speaks of her family and background, and of the violence she suffered or witnessed in the porn industry. She also mentions cocaine and alcohol abuse during episodes of depression after leaving the pornography business.
Anderson wrote a book entitled, Hard, describing her experiences in the porn industry and decrying its abuses. In the documentary film La Petite Morte she voiced many of the same criticisms. In 2006, Tendre violence, a narration of her childhood with her Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
family in Gagny
Gagny
Gagny is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:On 20 May 1869, a small part of the territory of Gagny was detached and merged with a part of the territory of Livry-Gargan and a part of the territory of Clichy-sous-Bois to create the...
was published.
External links
- Raffaëla Anderson at EGAFD
- "La Petite Morte - To watch film.
- La Petite Morte – Official site of La Petite Morte.
- "Raffaela Anderson Interview - Interview footage from La Petite Morte.
- Une vie classée X - Documentary, requires registration to view.
- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf8rg9_interview-up-and-down-de-raffaela-a_news - Interview with Thierry Ardisson.