Portnoy's Complaint [Portnoy et son complexe]

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1972. Eight color front-of-house cards from the French release of the 1972 film. Included with the collection are two promotional pages specific to the film's French release, with text in French.

Based on the 1969 novel by Philip Roth. The fourth Roth novel (after "Goodbye, Columbus") to be adapted for the screen, and the sole directorial effort for noted screenwriter Ernest Lehman ("North by Northwest," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Sabrina," "West Side Story," The Sound of Music," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?").

The eponymous Portnoy sees a therapist and goes on one long tirade after another about his family, his childhood, his sexual fantasies and desires, his problems with women, and his obsession with his own Judaism.

Set in New York.

Front-of-house cards: 11.25 x 9 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear on the left corners.

Synopsis: 8.25 x 12 inches. Single staple at the top left corner. Very Good plus, lightly creased on the bottom edges.

[Book #161164]