Irma Vep
feature film, 1996.
DIRECTED BY: Olivier Assayas
CAST:
Maggie Cheung,
Jean-Pierre Léaud (René Vidal),
Nathalie Richard (Zoé),
Antoine Basler (novinar),
Nathalie Boutefeu (Laure)
SCRIPT:
Olivier Assayas
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Eric Gautier
Synopsis:
Maggie Cheung plays herself as the main actress in the role of Irma Vep in a remake of the classic, silent series Vampires by Louisa Feuillade. Wanting to bring his career back to life, a fictitious director René Vidal gives Maggie Cheung the role of the fatal jewel thief, originally played by Musadora. Maggie is preparing for her new role, dressed in a latex cat suit, as she defends the director from a hostile film crew and reporters.
35 mm, color, 99 min