Directed by:
Andrzej ZulawskiCinematography:
Sacha ViernyComposer:
Alain WisniakCast:
Valérie Kaprisky, Francis Huster, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Bauchau, Giselle Pascal, Roger Dumas, Michel Albertini, Lucas Belvaux, Marianne Basler (more)Plots(1)
A young actress, Ethel, coming from nowhere, is trying to create a personality through her body and her indestructible resolve if necessary, through Elena, her lover’s wife who has disappeared. Two men: Lucas Kesling, ambitious cinema director with diabolical powers, and Milan, fallen angel on an earth cracking beneath his feet, both fighting to possess Ethel. The restless filming of a viscontian movie adapted from Dostoyevsky's "The Possessed" in an opulent and smothering set. A political conspiracy conspiring to do away with the prelate from Eastern Europe, which Milan is inadvertently caught up in. An oppressing and eerie Paris transformed into an expressionist universe which these hunted characters are trying to escape from. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Valérie Kaprisky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/523/160523142_ce65c5.png)
Valérie Kaprisky
France
Best movies:
Stradivari (1988)
The Public Woman (1984)
Dis-moi oui... (1995)
![Francis Huster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/801/163801503_dc9d8e.jpg)
Francis Huster
France
Best movies:
The Dinner Game (1998)
Bolero (1981)
Je m'appelle Bernadette (2011)
![Lambert Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/135/163135314_b42f02.png)
Lambert Wilson
France
Best movies:
La Dernière Nuit (1981) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Ernest & Celestine (2012)
![Patrick Bauchau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/728/163728129_49c702.jpg)
Patrick Bauchau
Belgium
Best movies:
Ray (2004)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Panic Room (2002)
![Giselle Pascal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460050_ec5e6d.jpg)
Giselle Pascal
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The ComDads (1983)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Roger Dumas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396096_b89778.jpg)
Roger Dumas
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
Dear Inspector (1978)
![Michel Albertini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/388/160388592_64f6b4.jpg)
Michel Albertini
France
Best movies:
I... For Icarus (1979)
Jury of One (1974)
Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
![Lucas Belvaux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906652_32de6b.jpg)
Lucas Belvaux
Belgium
Best movies:
Merry Christmas (2005)
Allons z'enfants (1981)
The Death of Mario Ricci (1983)
![Marianne Basler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/471/471133_2a6f77.jpg)
Marianne Basler
Belgium
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Who Knows (2001)
L'Impure (1991) (TV movie)
Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Public Woman (1984)
Diane Delor
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
L'Enfant des loups (1991) (TV movie)
The Public Woman (1984)
Marc Berman
Best movies:
Le Bal (1983)
Ridiculous (1996)
I Love You (1986)
Nathalie Bécue
Best movies:
Anything for Her (2008)
The Public Woman (1984)
It All Starts Today (1999)
Olivier Achard
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
Volavérunt (1999)
![Jean-Paul Farré](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/402/160402797_8f78cd.jpg)
Jean-Paul Farré
France
Best movies:
Sadsacks Go to War (1974)
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999)
Vincent Martin
Best movies:
So Long, Stooge (1983)
Lady of Izieu (2007) (TV movie)
Long Live Life (1984)
Marie-Christine Demarest
Best movies:
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
Actors (2000)
The Public Woman (1984)
René Bériard
Best movies:
Le Choix des armes (1981)
The Public Woman (1984)
Femmes Fatales (1976)
Yveline Ailhaud
Best movies:
The Fugitives (1986)
Le Tartuffe (1984)
Édith et Marcel (1983)
![Philippe Desboeuf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439680_444b96.jpg)
Philippe Desboeuf
Best movies:
Jury of One (1974)
Germinal (1993)
The Public Woman (1984)