Irma Vep

Name: Irma Vep
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2023-12-19
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler, Nathalie Boutefeu

When a director in decline decides to remake Louis Feuillade’s silent serial „Les Vampires“, he casts a Hong Kong action heroine who does not speak any French. On the chaotic set, she finds petty intrigues, clashing egos and a wardrobe mistress with a crush on her.

Irma Vep

Olivier Assayas

France 1996

Czech

99 min.

12+

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This film is available until 31. 3. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.

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Maggie Cheung, one of the most celebrated Asian film stars, plays herself in a film about a film, reminiscent of Francois Truffaut's „American Night“. Cheung has come to Paris to play Irma Vep in a remake of the famous film „Les Vampires“, directed by Louis Feuillade in 1915/16. On the chaotic set no one seems to take the once-celebrated director very seriously, and after the screening of several disastrous rushes it looks as if the project is doomed.

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Director: Olivier Assayas

Screenplay: Olivier Assayas

Cinematography: Eric Gautier

Music: Philippe Richard

Sound: William Flageollet

Editing: Luc Barnier

Production Design: François-Renaud Labarthe

Producer: Georges Benayoun

Costumes: Françoise Clavel

Cast: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alex Descas, Dominique Faysse, Arsinée Khanjian, Bernard Nissile, Olivier Torres

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