Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Francis Huster, Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson
Original language
French
Production companies
HACHETTE PREMIÈRE & CIE, Gaumont
Crew
Screenplay
Dominique Garnier, Andrzej Zulawski
Cinematography
Sacha Vierny
Editing
Marie Sophie Dubus
Music
Alain Wisniak
Trailer
Stills
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Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | La Femme Publique (Bande Originale Du Film) - Alain Wisniak (1984) | 3 releases, 1984-1985: Apache, Seven Seas |
Versions & editions
| Original version (French) |
Full credits
| Director | Andrzej Żuławski |
| Cast | Francis Huster, Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson |
| Screenplay | Dominique Garnier, Andrzej Zulawski |
| Cinematography | Sacha Vierny |
| Editing | Marie Sophie Dubus |
| Music | Alain Wisniak |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
