Irma Vep (1996)
1h 39m
Running Time
October 1, 1996Release Date
Plot.
Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (playing herself) comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Clad in a rubber catsuit and unable to speak a word of French, Cheung finds herself adrift in the insanity of the film industry…
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Cast & Crew.
Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung
Jean-Pierre Léaud
René Vidal
Nathalie Richard
Zoé
Antoine Basler
Journalist
Nathalie Boutefeu
Laure
Alex Descas
Desormeaux
Dominique Faysse
Maïté
Arsinée Khanjian
L'américaine
Bernard Nissile
Markus
Olivier Torres
Ferdinand
Bulle Ogier
Mireille
Lou Castel
José Mirano
Olivier Assayas
Director
Jacques Fieschi
Roland
Estelle Larrivaz
La standardiste
Georges Benayoun
Producer
Balthazar Clémenti
Robert - Assistant
Lara Cowez
Script Supervisor
Philippe Richard
Composer
Dominique Cuny
Grip
Jessica Doyle
Jessica - Roland's Friend
Éric Gautier
Cinematographer
Sandra Faure
Vendeuse, sex-shop
Luc Barnier
Editor
Catherine Ferny
Policewoman
Pierre Amzallag
CastingDirector
François-Renaud Labarthe
ProductionDesigner
Maryel Ferraud
Make-up Woman
Filip Forgeau
Camera Operator
Nicolas Giraudi
Unit Manager
Valerie Guy
Valerie, in Mireille's Apartment
Laurent Jacquet
Electrician
Philippe Landoulsi
Inspector
Smaïl Mekki
Kermor - Unit Manager
Maurice Najman
Maurice - Roland's Friend
Yann Richard
Kevin / Set Decoration
Jérôme Simonin
Property Man
Alexandra Yonnet
Lili - Markus's Friend
Françoise Clavel
René's Wife / Costume Design
Françoise Guglielmi
Producer / Executive Producer
Odile Horion
Zoë's Assistant
Alain Martin
Boy at Cafe Des Oiseaux
Guy-Patrick Sainderichin
TV Dignitary
Willy Martin
Bellboy
Isabelle Nyssen
Makeup Artist
Nancy Tong
Makeup Artist
Grégoire Delage
Special Effects
Olivier Zenenski
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Irma Vep is a 1996 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung plays a fictionalised version of herself, as disasters result when an unstable French film director (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud) attempts to remake Louis Feuillade's classic silent film serial Les Vampires (1915–16). (Irma Vep is an anagram for the word "vampire".) Taking place largely through the eyes of a foreigner (Cheung), it is also a meditation on the state of the French film industry.
Irma Vep was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. It was released in France on 13 November 1996.
In 2022, the film was reimagined as a miniseries for HBO, created by Assayas.
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