ROCCO

Rocco Siffredi is to pornography what Mike Tyson is to boxing: a living legend. His mother wanted him to be a priest; with her blessing he became a hardcore performer, devoting his life to one God only: Lust.

Over the course of his thirty years in profession, Rocco has explored every fantasy of the human soul, lending himself to its wildest transgressions. However, the time has come for this iconic figure of sex to hang up his gloves. For the last scene of his career, Rocco has chosen this documentary. From family meals in Budapest and the winding streets of Ortona, Italy, to film shoots in the villas of Porn Valley, L.A., beyond scandal and apparent obscenity, Rocco is a journey into the darkest recesses of a man’s sexual addiction, and a peek behind the façade of a billion-dollar industry.

THIERRY DEMAIZIÈRE, ALBAN TEURLAI

In 1985 Thierry Demaizière embarked on a career as a reporter for French radio station RTL covering news stories in China, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iran and Israel. He was the only French radio journalist posted in Bagdad during the first Gulf War. From 1997 onwards, he was offered his own daily slot on RTL, where he interviewed current affairs personalities. In 2001, he exchanged radio for TV (TF1).

In 2004, he met Alban Teurlai, an editor of numerous short films, music videos and commercials. Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai quickly start to co-direct documentaries for France’s main channels about celebrities such as Karl Lagerfeld, Vincent Lindon, Fabrice Lucchini and Lilian Thuram, as well as about unknown subjects, as in the films Couples and Troufions.

Their film Reset received overwhelming critical acclaim when it premiered in the official selection at the Tribeca Festival in 2016.