La Femme Publique

Directed by Andrzej Zulawski

Film Movement Classics

1984

113 Minutes

France

French

Drama, Erotic, Classics

French Language, Film Studies, Sex & Sexuality, Anthropology

Not Rated

Library Pricing:

DVD $150.00

Blu-ray $150.00

PPR $350.00

DRL $499.00

PPR+DRL $599.00

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Ethel, who makes a living posing nude, dreams of becoming an actress. Although her acting leaves much to be desired, she is noticed during an audition by the German director Lucas Kesling. He is preparing a highly personal adaptation of Dostoevsky’s The Possessed and offers her a role, soon making her his mistress…. She loses her grip on reality and descends into a hallucinatory world where art and life intertwine in a dizzying way. Presented in a new 4K restoration.

Cast

Valérie Kaprisky
Francis Huster
Lambert Wilson
Patrick Bauchau

Highest Rating
"One of Zulawski’s most lush, explosively romantic films. "

Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine
Highest Rating
"It is, ultimately, a beautifully filmed movie which is rife with both visual and intellectual elements to contemplate, comprising a grand statement about the nature of art."

Tue Sorensen, Flick Feast
Highest Rating
"Valerie Kaprisky gives her all as the aspiring thesp.... Sacha Vierny’s lensing is superbly sinister...."

Variety
Highest Rating
"Weird, deviant and quite intriguing."

Gary W. Tooze, DVD Beaver