

Pola X
An erotically charged descent into madness.
A writer leaves his upper-class life and journeys with a woman claiming to be his sister, and her two friends.
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5.6/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $11M
- Box office
- $791.9K
- Language
- French
- based on novel or book
- upper class
- incest
- literary adaptation
- new french extremism
- brother sister sex
- independent film
- romantic drama
- erotic drama
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Produced in
France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical8 Sept 2000
- PhysicalDVD10 Apr 2001
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical12 May 1999
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival13 May 1999
- TheatricalTP1 Sept 1999
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1821 Aug 1999
Frequently asked questions
Pola X was released on 12 May 1999.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CRCulver
5/29/2018
When Leos Carax's film POLA X premiered in 1999, it was seen then as part of the New French Extremity movement, with critics and audiences picking up on its unsimulated sex scene. Yet that forms only a brief few minutes of quite ample film. Two decades on, audiences of today ought to look past the sensation and appreciate the film for what it really has to offer: a convincing contemporary take on Hermann Meville's ps…
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MAHMOOD • iNKSTECHSHUB STUDIO INTERNATIONAL
5/15/2026
**Pola X** (1999) is a French drama; it's actually a novel by Moby Dick writer Herman Melville with ten sections in probably 1852 novel, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities; and French inspiring director mr. Leos Carax choose to direct it. It is a loose, kinda dark, and unconventional adaptation of mr. Melville's The film follows Pierre (Guillaume Depardieu) who died by car accident, a celebrated, wealthy young writer who ab…
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