The Masturbator - The Adventures of Edgar Hilsenrath
2026 · 53m
Documentary
Directed by
François-Xavier Destors
,
Charlie Mars
Overview
Edgar Hilsenrath was one of the first who dared to face the trauma with grotesque wit and unrestrained laughter. In a mixture of animation and historical archive material, the film follows Hilsenrath’s alter ego from his novel “Fuck America”: a penniless, sex-obsessed writer in 1950s New York who is desperately trying to publish his memories of the ghetto under the title “The Masturbator”.
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