1984
6.2 (48 votes)
1h 53m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Hachette-Fox Productions
The Public Woman (La Femme publique)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Dominique Garnier, Andrzej Żuławski
Director: Andrzej Żuławski
Director of Photography: Sacha Vierny
Producer: René Cleitman
Top Cast
Valérie Kaprisky
Ethel
Francis Huster
Lucas Kessling
Lambert Wilson
Milan Mliska
Patrick Bauchau
Ethel's Father
Gisèle Pascal
Gertrude
Roger Dumas
André
Diane Delor
Elena Mliska
Jean-Paul Farré
Pierre
Videos
LA FEMME PUBLIQUE (Andrzej Zulawski) 1984 Trailer / Bande Annonce
