An inexperienced young actress is cast in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed' by a Czech immigrant director in Paris. He takes over her life, blurring acting and reality, until she poses as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant manipulated into a political assassination.
- Directors
- Andrzej Żuławski
- Cast
- Valérie Kaprisky, Francis Huster, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Bauchau, Gisèle Pascal, Roger Dumas, Diane Delor, Jean-Paul Farré, Olivier Achard, Yveline Ailhaud, Michel Albertini, Marianne Basler, Nathalie Bécue, Lucas Belvaux, René Bériard
- Country
- France
- Genre
- Drama
- Release date
- 1984-06-16
- Studios
- Hachette-Fox Productions
The Public Woman Plot and Cast
A young, inexperienced actress is invited to play a role in a film adaptation of Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, gradually takes control of her life, and she soon loses the ability to distinguish between acting and reality. She ends up playing a real-life role, posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant whom the filmmaker manipulates into committing a political assassination.
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