La femme publique

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-05-16

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (732 Reviews)

Director:

Andrzej Zulawski

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Valèrie Kaprisky Francis Huster Lambert Wilson Patrick Bauchau

Writer:

Dominique Garnier (novel)

Dominique Garnier (scenario)

Andrzej Zulawski (scenario)

Fullplot:

An unexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into commiting a political assasination.

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