{"id":54971,"date":"2025-09-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/?p=54971"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:01:01","slug":"tiff-modern-whore-sex-worker-and-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/en\/2025\/09\/11\/tiff-modern-whore-sex-worker-and-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"[TIFF] Modern Whore \u2013 Sex Worker and Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>\u00ab\u00a0My name is Andrea Werhun, I\u2019m a writer and performer, and\u2026 I\u2019m also a sexworker.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><br \/>[<em>Je m\u2019appelle Andrea Werhun, je suis \u00e9crivaine et performeuse, et\u2026 je suis aussi travailleuse du sexe.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicole-Bazuin.jpg\" alt=\"Nicole Bazuin\" class=\"wp-image-54968\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicole-Bazuin.jpg 714w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicole-Bazuin-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicole-Bazuin-600x840.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Nicole Bazuin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p><em>Modern Whore<\/em> est un documentaire hybride qui revisite les repr\u00e9sentations populaires du travail du sexe \u00e0 travers le v\u00e9cu de l&#8217;\u00e9crivaine, performeuse et travailleuse du sexe Andrea Werhun. S&#8217;appuyant sur son livre <em>Modern Whore: A Memoir<\/em>, Andrea lutte contre la stigmatisation sociale et se r\u00e9approprie son r\u00e9cit dans une s\u00e9rie d&#8217;histoires dr\u00f4les, bouleversantes et surprenantes.<\/p>\n\n<p>Avec <em>Modern Whore<\/em>, un hybride entre documentaire et reconstitution, Nicole Bazuin place Andrea Werhun dans le r\u00f4le d&#8217;une conteuse charismatique au c\u0153ur d&#8217;un univers th\u00e9\u00e2tral et stylis\u00e9. Un film marqu\u00e9 par le regard de l&#8217;auteure, qui d\u00e9taille ses exp\u00e9riences et ses r\u00e9flexions, qui couvrent une vaste gamme d&#8217;\u00e9motions.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Raconter autrement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p><em>Modern Whore<\/em> est une pr\u00e9sentation color\u00e9e et immersive de l&#8217;histoire d&#8217;Andrea, qui confronte et r\u00e9invente les repr\u00e9sentations populaires du travail du sexe. \u00c0 l&#8217;oppos\u00e9 des r\u00e9cits \u00e9difiants et tristes ou des arch\u00e9types \u00e9mouvants qui r\u00e9duisent les travailleuses du sexe \u00e0 des m\u00e9chantes ou \u00e0 des victimes, le film de Nicole Bazuin refl\u00e8te un d\u00e9sir d&#8217;histoires nuanc\u00e9es, pleines d&#8217;humour, de c\u0153ur et de v\u00e9rit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n<p>Plut\u00f4t que de simplement raconter l\u2019histoire \u00e0 partir de t\u00e9moignages en t\u00eates parlantes entrecoup\u00e9s d\u2019images d\u2019archives ou de statistiques, la r\u00e9alisatrice mise sur un m\u00e9lange judicieux de plans dans lesquels Andrea raconte son histoire en plan rapproch\u00e9 avec des s\u00e9quences de reconstitutions jou\u00e9es par Andrea elle-m\u00eame et d\u2019autres s\u00e9quences de discussion entre Andrea et certains de ses proches. Les s\u00e9quences o\u00f9 la jeune femme raconte son histoire sont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es d\u2019une mani\u00e8re assez diff\u00e9rente. La nuance est l\u00e9g\u00e8re, mais plut\u00f4t que de raconter son r\u00e9cit \u00e0 la r\u00e9alisatrice (ou \u00e0 la cam\u00e9ra), elle le raconte directement au spectateur. Et on le ressent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Raconter-autrement.jpg\" alt=\"Modern whore - Raconter autrement\" class=\"wp-image-54960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Raconter-autrement.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Raconter-autrement-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Raconter-autrement-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Raconter-autrement-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Raconter-autrement-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Raconter-autrement-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Andrea Werhun<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Contrairement aux documentaires classiques, le spectateur est directement interpell\u00e9, comme s\u2019il \u00e9tait r\u00e9ellement la personne \u00e0 qui on parle. Une technique qui pourrait permettre de mieux faire passer le message. Une technique aussi beaucoup plus moderne, clairement pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e et utilis\u00e9e par des personnes qui ma\u00eetrisent les m\u00e9dias num\u00e9riques actuels.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Les s\u00e9quences qui sont des reconstitutions sont int\u00e9ressantes aussi puisque le personnage d\u2019Andrea est jou\u00e9 par\u2026 Andrea elle-m\u00eame. Et comme elle raconte ses histoires d\u2019escorte ou de strip-tease, elle ne se cache pas pour se mettre \u00e0 nu tant \u00e9motionnellement, que physiquement. Et il est rare de montrer de la peau dans un documentaire. On comprend ainsi que pour elle, la nudit\u00e9 ou par <em>whoredom<\/em> (je n\u2019ai pas trouv\u00e9 comme bien traduire, mais on pourrait dire que c\u2019est l\u2019univers de l\u2019industrie du sexe au complet) n\u2019est pas quelque chose que l\u2019on doit traiter comme un tabou et que de le montrer de fa\u00e7on simple est une partie de la solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pourquoi raconter \u00e7a?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>Voil\u00e0 qui nous am\u00e8ne au fameux \u00ab\u00a0pourquoi\u00a0\u00bb. Pourquoi encore faire un film sur la prostitution ou sur les personnes qui travaillent dans le milieu du sexe? Parce que pour une rare fois, le r\u00e9cit nous est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 et raconter par les personnes qui y travaillent, plut\u00f4t que par des personnes loin du milieu, mais qui \u00ab savent \u00bb ce qu\u2019il en est.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>D\u2019ailleurs, \u00e0 plusieurs reprises, les personnes qui parlent dans le film expliquent que c\u2019est important de pouvoir, enfin, voir un film (ou y participer) o\u00f9 on ne montre pas les filles qui dansent ou qui sont escortes comme \u00e9tant des victimes. On nous montre que si elles font ce m\u00e9tier, c\u2019est par choix. Et on explique que, oui, \u00e7a peut \u00eatre dangereux, mais que fondamentalement, c\u2019est un m\u00e9tier comme un autre, qu\u2019on choisit de faire et qui comporte du bon comme du moins bon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Pourquoi-raconter-ca.jpg\" alt=\"Modern whore - Pourquoi raconter &#xE7;a\" class=\"wp-image-54962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Pourquoi-raconter-ca.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Pourquoi-raconter-ca-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Pourquoi-raconter-ca-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Pourquoi-raconter-ca-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Pourquoi-raconter-ca-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-whore-Pourquoi-raconter-ca-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Une des reconstitutions<\/em> <em>teint\u00e9es d&#8217;humour<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>Mais le message central est probablement que ce qui fait une r\u00e9elle diff\u00e9rence entre les m\u00e9tiers du sexe et les autres, c\u2019est comment on les per\u00e7oit et comment les recours sont diff\u00e9rents. Tu te fais harceler au bureau de la compagnie d\u2019assurances o\u00f9 tu travailles, tu auras des recours o\u00f9 quelqu\u2019un sera pr\u00e9sent pour s\u2019assurer que tu es prot\u00e9g\u00e9. Ce qui n\u2019est pas le cas dans les m\u00e9tiers du sexe.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Un autre moment qui porte \u00e0 r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir dans ce film vient lorsqu\u2019Andrea explique qu\u2019apr\u00e8s avoir arr\u00eat\u00e9 sa carri\u00e8re d\u2019escorte pour sa m\u00e8re, elle s\u2019est trouv\u00e9 un boulot de coursier \u00e0 v\u00e9lo. Elle raconte comment elle a v\u00e9cu ce changement\u00a0:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0What\u2019s more dangerous in this city \u2013 working as a bike courier or as a stripper? \u00bb [Qu\u2019est-ce qui est le plus dangereux dans cette ville : travailler comme coursier \u00e0 v\u00e9lo ou comme strip-teaseuse?]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Si un bon nombre de personnes peuvent voir ce film, peut-\u00eatre que l\u2019objectif sera atteint et qu\u2019on pourra faire \u00e9voluer les fa\u00e7ons de penser et de g\u00e9rer les m\u00e9tiers du sexe. Les perceptions sont souvent beaucoup plus importantes qu\u2019on ne veut bien le dire\u2026<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Un peu plus\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p>N\u2019allez cependant pas croire que <em>Modern Whore<\/em> n\u2019est pas objectif et qu\u2019il tente de raconter \u00e0 quel point travailler comme escorte ou comme danseuse nue est un monde de licornes. Les intervenantes racontent les deux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de la m\u00e9daille.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-Whore-Un-peu-plus.jpg\" alt=\"Modern Whore - Un peu plus\" class=\"wp-image-54964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-Whore-Un-peu-plus.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-Whore-Un-peu-plus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-Whore-Un-peu-plus-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-Whore-Un-peu-plus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-Whore-Un-peu-plus-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lepetitseptieme.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Modern-Whore-Un-peu-plus-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Andrea explique que bien qu\u2019elle adore le spectacle, ses coll\u00e8gues et aussi l&#8217;argent qu\u2019elle fait en travaillant dans un club de strip-tease, il y a tout de m\u00eame des pr\u00e9dateurs qui r\u00f4dent \u00e0 chaque coin de rue. Outre les agressions sexuelles, Sophia (nom de sc\u00e8ne de la jeune femme) doit r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 des questions indiscr\u00e8tes et inappropri\u00e9es qui suscitent des r\u00e9actions de type \u00ab\u00a0pornographie traumatique\u00a0\u00bb, comme \u00ab\u00a0Quelle est la pire chose qui vous soit arriv\u00e9e?\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0Qui vous a touch\u00e9e\u00a0dans votre enfance pour en arriver \u00e0 travailler ici?\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n<p>En tout cas, je n\u2019ai d\u2019autre choix que de vous conseiller <em>Modern Whore<\/em>. D\u2019autant plus que la seule chose qui m\u2019a d\u00e9rang\u00e9e dans ce film, c\u2019est l\u2019utilisation des pronoms lorsqu\u2019on pr\u00e9sente les intervenants. Je consid\u00e8re que bien que ce soit pertinent lors d\u2019interactions avec les personnes, dans un documentaire o\u00f9 on n\u2019en a rien \u00e0 faire, \u00e7a pourrait \u00eatre mis de c\u00f4t\u00e9 afin d\u2019all\u00e9ger le tout. Surtout que je trouve que la surimpression des pronoms cr\u00e9e une division qu\u2019on devrait combattre plut\u00f4t que de la nourrir. Mais \u00e7a, c\u2019est seulement un point de vue.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Le film, lui, m\u00e9rite toute la visibilit\u00e9 du monde. Parlez-en!<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Modern Whore<\/em> est pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 au TIFF les 5, 7 et 13 septembre 2025.<\/p>\n\n<p>Extrait <i class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-down \" ><\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Modern Whore | Exerpt \/ Extrait\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MT4d835Hz4Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0My name is Andrea Werhun, I\u2019m a writer and performer, and\u2026 I\u2019m also a sexworker.\u00a0\u00bb[Je m\u2019appelle Andrea Werhun, je suis \u00e9crivaine et performeuse, et\u2026 je suis aussi travailleuse du sexe.] Modern Whore est un documentaire hybride qui revisite les repr\u00e9sentations populaires du travail du sexe \u00e0 travers le v\u00e9cu de l&#8217;\u00e9crivaine, performeuse et travailleuse du [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5508,5440,20833],"tags":[32995,8950,32997,32994,13085,32998,6457,32879,32996],"class_list":["post-54971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canadian-films","category-documentaries","category-festivals-coverage","tag-andrea-werhun","tag-equality","tag-escorts","tag-modern-whore-a-memoir","tag-nicole-bazuin-en","tag-sex-workers","tag-tiff-en","tag-tiff-2025","tag-vixen-seen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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