La Femme Publique (1984)
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An aspiring young actress (Valerie Kaprisky) accepts a leading role in a film version of Dostoyevsky's The Possessed. Dissatisfied by her performance, the eccentric filmmaker (Francis Huster) begins a rigorous course of indoctrination, sexual domination, and acting lessons, leaving the mentally exhausted girl unable to distinguish between the real world and that of the film. Arty, challenging, and some say over the top, the film was honored with the Special Jury Award at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1984. ~ Yuri German, Rovi
- Starring:
- Francis Huster, Valérie Kaprisky, (more)
- Director(s):
- Andrzej Zulawski
Synopsis of La Femme Publique
An aspiring young actress (Valerie Kaprisky) accepts a leading role in a film version of Dostoyevsky's The Possessed. Dissatisfied by her performance, the eccentric filmmaker (Francis Huster) begins a rigorous course of indoctrination, sexual domination, and acting lessons, leaving the mentally exhausted girl unable to distinguish between the real world and that of the film. Arty, challenging, and some say over the top, the film was honored with the Special Jury Award at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1984. ~ Yuri German, Rovi
Complete Cast of La Femme Publique
- Francis Huster - Lucas Kessling
- Lambert Wilson - Milan Mliska
- Yveline Ailhaud - Rachel, Ethel's Mother
- Gisèle Pascal - Gertrude
- Michel Albertini
- Olivier Achard
- Vincent Martin
- Julien Bukowski
- Marianne Basler
- Valérie Kaprisky - Ethel
- Roger Dumas - Andre
- Patrick Bauchau - Ethel's father
- Jean-Paul Farré - Pierre
- Marc Berman
- Michael Goldman
- Pascale Pellegrin
- Lucas Belvaux
- Director(s):
- Andrzej Zulawski
- Writer(s):
- Dominique Garnier, Andrzej Zulawski
- Producer(s):
- René Cleitman
- 1984 - Montréal World Film Festival - Most Popular Film of the Festival
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