A fresh new look at Lolita, the famous and controversial novel published in 1955 by Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov (1891-1977), a masterpiece of English-language literature that has been constantly misinterpreted by countless readers who have mistakenly turned its young heroine into an erotic icon.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Denis PodalydèsSelf - Narrator (voice) | Self - Narrator (voice) |
 Vladimir NabokovSelf - Writer (archive footage) | Self - Writer (archive footage) |
 Vanessa SpringoraHerself - novelist & victim of a paedophile | Herself - novelist & victim of a paedophile |
| IIvan NabokovHimself - writer | Himself - writer |
| BBrian BoydHimself - Nabokov's biographer | Himself - Nabokov's biographer |
| YYannicke ChupinHerself - Academic | Herself - Academic |