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16 May 1984 (France)
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An unexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'...
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | 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 |
| Marc Berman | ... | Un conspirateur |
| René Breuil | ||
| Julien Bukowski | ... | Un automobiliste |
| Michèle Couty | ||
| Martine De Coninck | ||
| Marie-Christine Demarest | ||
| Philippe Desboeuf | ||
| Michael Goldman | ... | Le producteur |
| Andrzej Jaroszewicz | ... | L'opérateur |
| Sylvie Le Pennuen | ... | La maquilleuse |
| Martine Logier | ... | Une infirmière |
| Vincent Martin | ... | Vincent |
| Pascale Pellegrin | ||
| Etienne Roda-Gil | ||
| Agnès Scheinberg | ... | Une serveuse |
| Serge Spira | ||
| Bernard Waver | ... | Salomon |
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| Andrzej Zulawski | |||
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| Dominique Garnier | novel | |
| Dominique Garnier | scenario | |
| Andrzej Zulawski | scenario | |
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| René Cleitman | .... | producer | |
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| Alain Wisniak | |||
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| Sacha Vierny | |||
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| Marie-Sophie Dubus | |||
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| Bohdan Paczowski | |||
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| Olga Berluti | |||
| Jean Zay | |||
Production Management | |||
| Paul Maigret | .... | production manager | |
Sound Department | |||
| Jonathan Liebling | .... | foley artist | |
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| Rémy Julienne | .... | stunt coordinator | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Jean-Marie Dreujou | .... | second assistant camera | |
| Jacques Labesse | .... | first assistant camera | |
| Georges Pierre | .... | still photographer | |
| Yves Rodallec | .... | camera operator | |
Other crew | |||
| Sylvie Koechlin | .... | script supervisor | |
| Christine Raffa-Catonné | .... | script trainee | |
| Harmel Sbraire | .... | coach: actors | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Mondo Vision (2008) (USA) (DVD)
- Panarecord (Italy) (VHS)
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"La femme publique" - France (original title)
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Referenced in The Witnesses (2007)See more »
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This movie might confuse and frustrate viewers and rightly so, for it's lack of discernible plot elements and objectives, but rightly so because Throughout his career Zulawsky as director is more concerned with making his viewers go thru the raw emotions, sights and situations rather than drawing conclusions or tying plots.
The key in this film is that everything is experienced thru the point of view of Ethel - a stunning Valerie Kaprisky - we are limited to what she experiences and thinks, and it is a very emotionally charged view, one in which only the senses and guts can be trusted ... to an extent.
This might be obvious, but the film also deals with a lot about sexuality, there is a lot of sexual tension throughout the film, right from the title and the first images the main force driving the film is the associative and intuitive.
The production is very detailed, and impressive in the sense that is firmly supportive of the history, I have always found Zulawsky a superior director in his choice of locations, actors, misè-en-scene, etc.
Finally it has a bit of uneven pace, and in the end this movie is more a feast for the senses than an intellectual mystery.