Trailer

La Femme publique (1984)

Drama

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.

Updated May 21 2020

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US -

1984-07-07

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Keywords:

paris, france sex immigrant wife photography politics erotic movie

FACTS

Runtime: 113 mins Rating: 6.3

Cast

Lambert Wilson

Milan Mliska

Patrick Bauchau

Ethel's Father

Valérie Kaprisky

Ethel

Marianne Basler

Une jeune anarchiste

Lucas Belvaux

François

Francis Huster

Lucas Kessling

Roger Dumas

André, le photographe

Michel Albertini

Maurice