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The Public Woman

The Public Woman

5,9 /10 (58 Votes)
1984 FR 113 min

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.

Release date

16/06/1984

Votes

58

Popularity

5.0

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

La Femme publique

Language

FR

Runtime

113 min

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