The Story of O

The Story of O (Histoire d'O, 1975) is a French erotic drama you can watch online on iFILM. Director Just Jaeckin — known for the earlier Emmanuelle — adapts Pauline Réage's once-seized novel with Corinne Cléry as O, alongside Udo Kier and Anthony Steel.

O, a Parisian photographer, follows her lover René to a secluded château and submits to its absolute rules, including a new and colder master, Sir Stephen. Réage's source novel appeared in 1954 under a pseudonym, briefly caught the attention of French authorities, and yet took home the Prix des Deux Magots the same year. Jaeckin keeps the same ambivalence: every frame is polished, every scene is disquieting. Stream The Story of O on iFILM.