The Public Woman (1984)
La femme publique (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Valérie Kaprisky	...	Ethel
	Francis Huster	...	Lucas Kessling
	Lambert Wilson	...	Milan Mliska
	Patrick Bauchau	...	Le père d'Ethel / Ethel's Father
	Giselle Pascal	...	Gertrude
	Roger Dumas	...	André, le photographe
	Diane Delor	...	Elena Mliska
	Jean-Paul Farré	...	Pierre
	Olivier Achard	...	Le premier assistant réalisateur
	Yveline Ailhaud	...	Rachel
	Michel Albertini	...	Maurice
	Marianne Basler	...	Une jeune anarchiste
	Nathalie Bécue	...	L'habilleuse
	Lucas Belvaux	...	François
	René Bériard	...	Mgr Shlapas

Storyline

An unexperienced 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 assasination. Written by Yuri German <blsidt1@imf.org>  

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