The Public Woman

La Femme publique

1984·113'

Andrzej Żuławski,Andrzej Żuławski

Drama

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An inexperienced 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 assassination.

Cast

Valérie Kaprisky Ethel Francis Huster Lucas Kessling Lambert Wilson Milan Mliska Patrick Bauchau Ethel's Father Gisèle Pascal Gertrude Roger Dumas André

Diane Delor Elena Mliska Jean-Paul Farré Pierre Olivier Achard 1st Assistant Director Yveline Ailhaud Rachel Michel Albertini Maurice Marianne Basler Young Anarchist