The Public Woman
16/06/1984
2h

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.
Cast


Valérie Kaprisky
Ethel


Francis Huster
Lucas Kessling


Lambert Wilson
Milan Mliska


Patrick Bauchau
Ethel's Father


Gisèle Pascal
Gertrude


Roger Dumas
André
Diane Delor
Elena Mliska


Jean-Paul Farré
Pierre


Olivier Achard
1st Assistant Director


Yveline Ailhaud
Rachel


Michel Albertini
Maurice


Marianne Basler
Young Anarchist


Nathalie Bécue
Dresser


Lucas Belvaux
François


René Bériard
Bishop Shlapas
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