L'Histoire de Richard O. (English title: The Story of Richard O.) is a 2007 French drama film directed by Damien Odoul. The film follows a man named Richard, played by Mathieu Amalric, who spends a sweltering August in Paris exploring his erotic obsessions. Movie Overview
Plot: Driven by a deep sexual obsession, Richard takes time away from his girlfriend to wander the streets of Paris. Accompanied by his friend "Le Grand," he engages in 13 sexual encounters with 13 different women, testing the limits of eroticism and the Kama Sutra to find a better version of himself.
Narrative Structure: The film begins at the end of the story, showing Richard's accidental death during a violent altercation in a nightclub after he refuses a woman's dark fantasy. The rest of the film is a flashback to the weeks leading up to this event. l 39-histoire de richard o. -2007- ok.ru
Style: Critics describe it as a "quasi-art-film" that borders on voyeuristic soft-porn due to its explicit and sometimes confronting sex scenes. Cast and Crew Role Richard O. Mathieu Amalric "Le Grand" (The Friend) Stéphane Terpereau The One Who Kills Richard Rhizlaine El Cohen Richard's Girlfriend Ludmila Ruoso Director & Writer Damien Odoul Key Details The Story of Richard O (2007) - IMDb
Almost two decades later, L'Histoire de Richard O. (2007) is far from a masterpiece. It meanders, frustrates, and sometimes bores. But its courage lies in its reversal: in an era of aggressive pornification of cinema, Odoul made a film about a passive man—a rarity then and now. L'Histoire de Richard O
Thanks to OK.ru, this forgotten French oddity survives. It waits on a Russian social network, bookmarked by a few hundred users, ready for the curious cinephile who types the strange encoded words: l 39-histoire de richard o. -2007- ok.ru.
There is a specific kind of magic—or madness—that comes from falling down a rabbit hole of obscure cinema. You start looking for one thing, and three hours later, you’re squinting at a pixelated French film from 2007 on a Russian social media site. Inversion of "Story of O": The most significant
That is exactly how I spent my Tuesday night with L’Histoire de Richard O. (The Story of Richard O.).
If you haven’t heard of it, you aren’t alone. Directed by Damien Odoul, this film is the bastard child of European art-house angst and psychological horror. And the only place I could find it streaming? OK.ru.
En 2007, une courte vidéo intitulée « L 39 » et attribuée à Richard O. a commencé à circuler sur ok.ru, la plateforme de partage russe... [CONTENT CONTINUED truncated]