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Irma Vep

NR
Movie
1996
1h 39m
French
Comedy, Drama
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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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7.1
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Irma Vep (1996) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
87

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Cast

Full Cast & Crew
Maggie Cheung
JeanPierre Laud
Nathalie Richard
Antoine Basler
Journalist
Nathalie Boutefeu
Alex Descas
Desormeaux
Dominique Faysse
Arsine Khanjian
L'américaine
Bernard Nissile
Olivier Torres
Ferdinand / Moreno
Bulle Ogier
Mireille
Lou Castel
José Mirano
Jacques Fieschi
Estelle Larrivaz
La standardiste
Balthazar Clmenti
Robert - Assistant
Lara Cowez
Script Supervisor
Dominique Cuny
Jessica Doyle
Jessica - Roland's Friend
Sandra Faure
Vendeuse, sex-shop
Catherine Ferny
Policewoman
Maryel Ferraud
Make-up Woman
Filip Forgeau
Camera Operator
Nicolas Giraudi
Unit Manager
Valerie Guy
Valerie, in Mireille's Apartment
Laurent Jacquet
Electrician
Directed By: Olivier Assayas
Written By: Olivier Assayas

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burgermanbrown says...
one year ago
This film is wonderful until it spits in your face and then just ends. I'm deeply frustrated with its conclusion, but I thoroughly enjoyed the journey there.
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miguelreina says...
3 years ago
[MUBI] A playful film about making movies and playful personal relationships, it manages to convey the messiness of filmmaking, the helplessness of the foreigner, the mental dissociation of the film director... it jokes with the clichés of a journalist who loves movies John Woo and he hates the navel-gazing of French cinema. But at the same time it is a story that maintains the co-reference on the relationship between art and life, the abstract and the concrete.
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JPV852
4 years ago
I'm not exactly steeped on French cinema, let alone 1990s French cinema this apparently targets, but still highly enjoyed this surreal drama with some good direction and fine performances from Maggie Cheung playing a version of herself and Nathalie Richard. Some interesting scenes, especially one at More
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