Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Release: 1989-10-04
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 4.4
Drama
In this "inside look" at French filmmaking, Marechal - who is a has-been director - a producer, Vito Catene and Camile Dor, a big-name actress, have agreed to make a film about drugs, but don't have a story, financing, or any of the other elements needed to make it. This doesn't stop them; they cobble together the financing and begin shooting anyway. The producer is very fond of the leading actress, and when she gets hooked on drugs for real in the course of shooting what he feels to be a farcical imitation of a film, he gives up his shares in the film and heads off for the back of beyond (Zanzibar) to lick his wounds. To add insult to injury, the film winds up being a critical and commercial success.
Production Countries
France
Switzerland
Production Companies
Société Générale de Gestion Cinématographique (SGGC)
French Productions
Film et Vidéo Productions
Cast
Fabienne Babe
as Actress Camille Dor
Dominique Maurin
as Rémy
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
as Decoration chef
Alain Stern
as Sound engineer
Marie-Armelle Deguy
as Nicole
Raymond Jourdan
as Samuel
Anémone
as Woman in the orange dress at the Césars ceremony
André Marcon
as Producer Vito Catene
Teco Celio
as Bruno
Christian Pereira
as Leguay
