The Public Woman
La Femme publique
Release: 1984-06-16
·Runtime: 113m
·★ 6.0
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Hachette-Fox Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Nathalie Bécue
as Dresser
Francis Huster
as Lucas Kessling
Patrick Bauchau
as Ethel's Father
Roger Dumas
as André
Marianne Basler
as Young Anarchist
René Bériard
as Bishop Shlapas
Gisèle Pascal
as Gertrude
Yveline Ailhaud
as Rachel
Michel Albertini
as Maurice
Lucas Belvaux
as François
Valérie Kaprisky
as Ethel
Jean-Paul Farré
as Pierre
Olivier Achard
as 1st Assistant Director
Lambert Wilson
as Milan Mliska
