Femme publique, La

Femme publique, La (1984)

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An aspiring young actress (Valerie Kaprisky) accepts a leading role in a film version of Dostoyevsky's The Possessed. Dissatisfied by her performance, the eccentric filmmaker (Francis Huster) begins a rigorous course of indoctrination, sexual domination, and acting lessons, leaving the mentally… More

PG,
Directed By
Written By
Dominique Garnier, Andrzej Zulawski
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
May 16, 1984 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine

    Mondo Video should be commended for their handsome presentation of one of Zulawski's most lush, explosively romantic films.

  • Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine

    Though Kessling can be interpreted as a stand-in for Zulawski, Femme Publique is not his autobiography in the same way his previous film Possession was.

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