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"Today, European cinema in the United States has almost evaporated."
— Louis Meinand, New Yorker Magazine (2003)

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Foreign  Filmmakers

NOTE: Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film are not attributed
by A.M.P.A.S. or IMDb to the director or producer, but to the country of origin.

Filmmakers of Asia   •   Filmmakers of Canada   •   Filmmakers of China   •   Filmmakers of France
Filmmakers of Germany   •   Filmmakers of India   •   Filmmakers of Italy   •   Filmmakers of Japan
Filmmakers of Mexico   •   Filmmakers of Russia   •   Filmmakers of Spain

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Pedro  Almodóvar of Spain IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia awarded French Legion of Honor in 1997

Santiago  Álvarez  [1919-98; Cuba]
Lacking formal training of any sort, Álvarez was appointed head of the fledgling Cuban Film Institute's now-
legendary newsreel division [Noticiero I.C.A.I.C.] in 1959. Álvarez created 700 films, and under his command
the banal and utilitarian newsreel was transformed into a veritable laboratory of radical innovation.
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Theodoros  Angelopoulos  [1935-2012; Greece]
IMDb listing • official website {Flash only} • Wikipedia

"Landscape In The Mist" aka "Topio stin omichli" [Greece 1988, U.S.A. Sept 1990] Cinematic poetry, a masterpiece of magical realism. The tale of two Greek children who believe that their father is in Germany and leave home to find him. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos; starring Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Kiriakos Katrivanos, Aliki Georgouli & Dimitris Kaberidis New Yorker Films color DVD [11/2005] for $26.99 New Yorker Films color VHS [11/98] for $14.20 full credits from IMDb

"The Travelling Players" aka "O Thiasos" [Greece 1975, U.S.A. April 1976] Greek history from 1939 to 1952 - war against Italy, occupation by the Nazis, liberation, the Greek civil war - with a troupe of traveling actors providing the backdrop of ancient Greek mythology for comparison. Written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos; starring Stratos Pahis, Aliki Georgouli, Petros Zarkadis, Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Kiriakos Katrivanos & Maria Vassiliou New Yorker Films subtitled color VHS [6/99] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

Michelangelo  Antonioni  [1912-2007; Italy] browse books • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

writer-director Maria  Luisa  Bemberg  [1922-95; Argentina]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"An Argentine Passion: Maria Luisa Bemberg and Her Films [Feb 2001]
by Carolyn Abbate, Rosa Bosch, John King & Sheila Whitaker /1859843085/

Margot  Benacerraf  of Venezuela
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Araya" documentary [indep 1959] A single day in the remote settlement of Araya, the same as it has been for 450 years; print digitally restored in 2009 by Milestone.Co-written & directed by Margot Benacerraf; co-written by Pierre Seghers; Spanish narration by José Ignacio Cabrujas, French narration by Laurent Terzieff; shared the International Critics Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival with Alain Resnais' "Hiroshima Mon Amour" Milestone Cinematheque widescreen b&w DVD [4/2011] for $20.67 DVD includes 82-minute main film, plus Benacerraf's first film "Reveron" [23 minutes; 1953]; docu-mentary "The Film of Her Life: Araya" by Antoine Mora; two television interviews; audio commentaries; and the new American trailer full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's Ingmar  Bergman [1918-2007; Sweden] Page received 9 Oscar nominations [1960-1984]; won in 1960, 1961 & 1984

writer-director Fabián  Bielinsky  [1959-2006; Argentina]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's Luis  Buñuel  [1900-83] Page

Buñuel was born in Spain, and made films in Spain, France, U.S.A. & Mexico
Buñuel was praised by Alfred Hitchcock as the best director ever.

Nuri  Bilge  Ceylan of [Turkey
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's
Claude  Chabrol [1930-2010; France] Page

Youssef  Chahine  [1926-2008; Egypt]
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

"Cairo Station" [1958]
"The Other" [1999]

Charles  Chauvel  [1897-1959; Australia]
IMDb listing [1920-59] • Wikipedia

wife Elsa Chauvel [1898-1983]
IMDb listing [1926-59]

"My Life With Charles Chauvel" The Story of The Man Who Made Australia's Greatest Pictures" [1973] by Elsa Chauvel Shakespeare Head Press hardcover [1973] out of print/used

"In The Wake of The Bounty" [1933] starring Errol Flynn

"Rangle River" [Columbia 1936; re-released 1939] Range war in the Australian Outback: The foreman asks the school-girl owner of a cattle ranch to return immediately, because of a drought and interference from a neighboring rancher (who has dammed the river that supplies the cattle with water) • Directed by Clarence G. Badger; screenplay by Charles & Elsa Chauvel, based on the novel by Zane Grey; starring Victor Jory, Margaret Dare, Robert Coote, George Bryant, Rita Pauncefort, Leonard Cracknell, Cecil Perry, George Stirling, Stewart McColl & Phil Smith; later re-issued as "Men With Whips"; full credits from IMDb

"Forty Thousand Horsemen" [1941]

"The Rats of Tobruk" [1944]

"Sons of Matthew" [1949]

"Jedda" [1955 classic]

Grzegorz  Cisiecki of Belarus & Poland
IMDb listing • Wikipedia Poland

surreal short film "Smoke {Dym}" [Poland 2007]
IMDb listing • watch film [7:13] on YouTube

Pedro  Costa of Portugal
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

acclaimed "Ne Change Rien (Change Nothing)" documentary [2009]

Costa-Gavras IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Dardenne  Brothers of Belgium
Jean-Pierre Dardenne [b. 1951] in Liège, Belgium • IMDb listing
Luc Dardenne [b. 1954] in Liège, Belgium • IMDb listing
brothers entry at Wikipedia

Carl  Theodor  Dreyer, Jr.  [1889-1968; Denmark]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Carl Th. Dreyer at Masters of Cinema fansite

	"The Films of Carl-Theodor Dreyer" [1981] by David Bordwell Univ CA Press pb [6/81] out of print/used Univ CA Press 10x10 hardcover [6/81] out of print/used author's official website
	"My Only Great Passion: The Life and Films of Carl-Th. Dreyer" [2000] by Jean & Dale D. Drum Scarecrow Press 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2000] for $42.00
	"Carl Theodor Dreyer Collection" DVD box set [2001] Criterion b&w DVD set [8/2001] 4 disks for $71.99 includes three late (sound) feature films: "Day of Wrath" [1943] starring Lisbeth Movin; "Ordet" aka 'The Word' [1955] starring Birgitte Federspiel; "Gertrud" [1964] starring Nina Pens Rode; and the documentary "Carl Th. Dreyer: My Métier" [1995] by Torben Skjødt Jensen

Magic Lantern's
Sergei  Eisenstein  [1898-1948] Page
Russian-born Eisenstein also worked in France & Mexico

Obi  Emelonye of Nigeria
IMDb listing • Wikipedia {empty}

"The Mirror Boy" [indep 2011]
a huge critical & financial success in the U.K. and throughout Africa
http://mirrorboythemovie.com/

"Last Flight To Abuja" [?] is the first-ever Nollywood disaster film

Magic Lantern's Federico  Fellini  [1920-93; Italy] Page

won an Honorary Oscar in 1993, after 12 personal Oscar nominations [1947-1977]
(four of his films won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, 1954-1973)

Milos  Forman of Czech Republic browse books • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia won John Huston Award for Artists Rights in 1997

	"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [United Artists Nov 1975] The first movie since 1934 to win all 5 top Oscars. Considered Nicholson's best all-time performance, he plays R.P. McMurphy, who tries to avoid jail time by feigning madness, leading to a tragic yet life-affirming end. Directed by Milos Forman; starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Will Sampson, Scatman Crothers, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Sydney Lassick & Vincent Schiavelli; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor (JN), nominated for Best Actor (BD), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score; won DGA, WGA & 6 BAFTA awards; listed on National Film Registry (1993) Warner Special Edition DVD [9/2002] for $19.99 Warner widescreen DVD [12/97] for $15.99 Warner color VHS [3/2001] for $13.74 Fantasy soundtrack CD [10/93] for $10.97 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99 11"x17" black/Oscar poster from Amazon for $9.99
	classic novel [1962] by Ken Kesey [1935-2001] listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) NAL pb [7/89] for $6.99 Viking 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2002] for $24.95 Penguin Audio read by Ken Kesey [12/93] for $11.20
	"Amadeus" [Orion Sept 1984] First there is the music, then the period ambience, and the story of a mad, immature genius, and his destruction from within and from without. Directed by Milos Forman; script by Peter Shaffer, based on his stageplay; starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge & Jeffrey Jones; nominated for 11 Oscars, winning eight: Best Picture, Best Director, Script Adaptation, Best Actor (Murray Abraham), Best Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best Makeup & Best Costume Design; also won A.C.E. Eddie Award, Best Foreign Language Film Award of the Japanese Academy, 4 BAFTA Awards, César Award for Best For-eign Film, 3 David di Donatello Awards, D.G.A. Award & Kinema Junpo Award for Best Foreign Film Warner Video widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2009] 2 disks for $13.99 Warner Video widescreen color DVD [12/97] for $15.99 Warner Video color VHS [1/2001] out of prodn/many used Warner Video widescreen color VHS [3/2001] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia
	eine kleine Mozart [5min:41sec midi file] Fantasy soundtrack CD box set [12/97] 3 disks for $24.97 Fantasy soundtrack CD [12/92] for $14.99 Fantasy soundtrack cassette [10/90] out of prodn/used Fantasy soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] out of prodn/used Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.98 Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] out of prodn/used

Martin Fric [1902-68] of Czechoslavakia
browse DVDs {Region 2 format only} • IMDb listing [110 films 1926-68] • entry at Wikipedia

Gyula Gazdag of Hungary
IMDb listing

"A Hungarian Fairy Tale" [Hungary 1988]
full credits at IMDb

Amos Gitai of Israel & Europe
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's
Jean-Luc  Godard  [b. 1940; France]  Page

Lasse Hallström

Agnieszka  Holland of Poland & Germany
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

children's tale "The Secret Garden" [1993]

"Europa Europa"

"In Darkness" [2011] an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film
http://www.sonyclassics.com/indarkness/

Shohei  Imamura  [1926-2006; Japan]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Hiroshi  Inagaki   [1905-80; Japan]
browse books • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Joris  Ivens  [1898-1989; Holland/France]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Miklos Jancso of Hungary
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Miklos Jancso bio entry at Hungary.HU

Aki  Kaurismäki of Finland
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Abbas Kiarostami of Iran
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Certified Copy" [France May 2010, USA March 2011]
said to be inspired by Rossellini's "Viaggio In Italia (Journey To Italy)" [1954]

"The End" [2012?]
Announced 2/2011: Abbas Kiarostami will direct actress Aoi Miyazaki in this contemporary
relationship drama set in Japan • IMDb listing

Krzysztof  Kieslowski  [1941-96; Poland/France]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy DVD set {aka 'Trois couleurs'}
Miramax color DVD set [3/2003] 3 disks for $29.99

	"Three Colors: Blue" [France Sept 1993] The theme is Freedom: After surviving an automobile accident that killed her husband and daughter, a Parisian woman eliminates & destroys elements of her past, until she falls in love with her husband's aide. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Riva & Guillaume de Tonquédec; won Cesar Awards for Best Actress (JB), Best Sound, Best Editing, 6 other noms Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $14.99 Virgin Records soundtrack CD [12/93] for $7.97 27"x39" French-language poster available at AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia
	"Three Colors: White" [France Jan 1994, U.S.A. Feb 1994] The theme is Equality: A Polish man is divorced by his French wife in Paris, and becomes a beggar; after returning to Warsaw, he becomes successful and plots revenge. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchol, Cezary Harasimowicz, Jerzy Nowak, Jerzy Trela & Juliette Binoche; won Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $14.99 Virgin Records soundtrack CD [6/94] out of prodn/used three poster versions available at AllPosters.com full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia
	"Three Colors: Red" [France May 1994, U.S.A. Dec 1994] The theme is Fraternity: A university student-model meets a retired judge who eavesdrops on telephone conversations of people in his neighborhood. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Samuel Le Bihan & Jean Schlegel; Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay & Best Cinematography, won 1 of 6 Cesar noms, 4 BAFTA noms Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $13.99 Virgin Records soundtrack CD [11/94] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia
	"The Three Colours Trilogy" [1998] by Geoff Andrew & Krzysztof Kieslowski British Film Institute 7½x5½ pb [7/98] for $14.95 "Kieslowski by Preisner" [2004] includes music from "Red", "White", "Blue", "Double Life of Veronique", "Decalogue" & more E.M.I. Intl. soundtrack CD [3/2004] for $30.99

León  Klimovsky  [1906-96; Argentina/Spain]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's Akira  Kurosawa  [1910-98; Japan] Page

Magic Lantern's Kurosawa/Mifune Films Page

filmmaker & musician  Emir  Kusturica of Serbia
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'Kustupedia' Emir Kusturica fansite

Claude  Lelouch [b. 1937; France] IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Sergio  Leone  [1929-89; Italy]
posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Oldrich  Lipský  [1924-86; Czech Republic]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Lemonade Joe: A Horse Opera" [Czechoslovakia 1964] I remember it as being a silent film, perhaps because this total sendup of the old cowboy silents was filmed in Czech, with subtitles. The hero, a teetotaling salesman for Kola Loca, wears spotless white even after climbing down a chimney, the bad guys wear black – all the cliches. A hilarious spoof, finally available {thogh nopw out of production} on VHS & DVD. Co-written & directed by Oldrich Lipsky Facets Video b&w DVD [4/2006] out of prodn/used Facets Video b&w VHS [3/2002] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

Nicolas Lopez of Chile
directed the highest-grossing Chilean films of both 2010 and 2011

Dušan  Makavejev of Serbia
browse Dušan Makavejev on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

	"Dušan Makavejev: Free Radical" DVD Box Set [2009] Criterion Eclipse widescreen color/b&w DVD [10/2009] 3 disks for $40.49 contains 3 feature films: "Man Is Not A Bird" [1965]; "Love Affair, or The Case of The Missing Switchboard Operator" [1967]; and "Innocence Unprotected" [1968]
	"Terror and Joy: The Films of Dušan Makavejev" [2009] by Lorraine Mortimer Univ MN Press 9x6 pb [2/2009] for $21.37 Univ MN Press 9x6¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $75.00

Mohsen Makhmalbaf of Syria
IMDb listing • family official website • Wikipedia

his talented oldest daughter Samira Makhmalbaf of Syria

Lucrecia Martel of Argentina
no browse Amazon DVD entry • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Matila Röhr Nordisk Oy [] in Helsinki, Finland
official website
producer Ilkka Y.L. Matila: IMDb listing
producer Marko Röhr: IMDb listing

Magic Lantern's
Jean-Pierre Melville  [1917-73; France] Page

Jirí Menzel of Czech Republic
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

comedy "Cottage By The Woods" [1976]
video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb

director George Miller of Australia

director  Kenji  Mizoguchi  [1898-1956; Japan]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

João César Monteiro of Portugal
"one of the masters of comical depravity" per New Yorker Magazine

"The Last Dive" [1992]

Andrzej Munk  [1920-61; Poland]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Eroica" + "Passenger"

Geoff Murphy of New Zealand
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

worked as Second Unit Director on the "Lord of The Rings" movie trilogy, 2001-2003

"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" [New Zealand 2009]

"A film-and-music interpretation of the Gothic poetry and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe" 75-minute film with surreal music and often-abstract visuals as back- ground for an actor reciting "The Raven" and other Poe works. Produced & directed by New Zealand filmmaker Geoff Murphy; music composed by Lucian Johnson, performed by Village of The Idiots Region 4? DVD available at FilmShop in New Zealand bare credits at IMDb watch music video samples [4:18] free online at YouTube

Jan  Nemec of Czech New Wave
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Phillip  Noyce of Australia
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Manoel  de  Oliveira  [b. 1908; Portugal]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"A Talking Picture (Un Film Falado)" [2003]
Written & directed by Manoel de Oliveira; starring Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Irene Papas,
Stefania Sandrelli & Leonor Silveira

"Belle Toujours" [2006] /B0015TJGH8/
sequel to Luis Buñuel's "Belle de Jour (Beauty of The Day)" [1967]
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira; starring Michel Piccoli & Bulle Ogier

Magic Lantern's
Yasujiro  Ozu  [1903-63; Japan] Page

Jafar  Panahi of Iran
sentenced to 6 years of house arrest, prohibited from making films for 20 years
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"This Is Not A Film" [France Sept 2011]
smuggled out of Iran on a thumb drive embedded in a birthday cake
credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia

Pratibha  Parmar of U.K.
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Ivan Passer of Czech New Wave

Patricia  Plattner of Switzerland
IMDb listing • no entry at Wikipedia

Roman  Polanski of Poland & U.S.A. & France posters • IMDb listing • site officiel • Wikipedia

http://www.theghostwriter-movie.com/ [2010]

John  Polson of Australia
official homepage • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

founded the Sydney-based Tropfest short film festival [2012 = #20]

Sally  Potter of U.K.
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Magic Lantern's Satyajit  Ray  [1921-92; India] Page

Magic Lantern's Jean  Renoir  [1894-1979; France] Page

Raúl  Ruiz  [1941-2011; Chile]
Full name Raúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino; he created a catalogue of 113 films during his 48-year-long career
browse DVDs of 'Raoul Ruiz' at Amazon • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Poetics of Cinema" [1995] by Raúl Ruiz Seven chapters derived from Ruiz's lectures; intended as a trilogy Dis Voir English translation 8¼x6 pb [3/95] for $20.88 "Poetics of Cinema 2" [2006] by Raúl Ruiz Foreword and nine chapters Dis Voir English translation 8¼x6¼ pb [2/2007] for $19.00

"The Mysteries Of Lisbon" 2010]
http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Lisbon-Blu-ray-Adriano-Luz/dp/B005TF23Z6/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysteries_of_Lisbon

"The Lines of Wellington (As Linhas de Torres Vedras)" [Portugal 2012?]  
Announced 2/2012: Due to Ruiz's death, his intended next project is being filmed by his widow & editor
Valeria Sarmiento. The film is a historical epic about the Battle of Bussaco in 1810 and the French invasion of Portugal,
and features an extensive, star-studded cast including John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert,
Mathieu Amalric & Chiara Mastrioanni • latest info at IMDb • official movie site

Carlos  Saura of Spain
IMDb listing • official website {Spanish language; Flash only} • Wikipedia

director Fred Schepisi of Australia

Ousmane  Sembéne  [1923-2007; Senegal]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

founded biannual FESPACO Pan-African Film & Television Festival in 1969

Slobodan  Sijan of Serbia
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Jerzy  Skolimowski of Poland
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

artist & filmmaker  Jan  Švankmajer of Czech Republic
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Polish-language Jan Švankmajer fansite

Oscar-winner  Jan  Sverák of Czech Republic
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

István  Szabó of Hungary
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Mephisto" [Hungary 1982] full credits at IMDb

Magic Lantern's Jacques  Tati  [1907-82; France] Page

Magic Lantern's François  Truffaut  [1932-84; France] Page

Andrzej  Wajda of Poland
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

"Ashes and Diamonds" [1958]
"Man of Marble" [1976]
"Man of Iron" [1981]
"Pan Tadeusz" [1998]

Magic Lantern's
Zhang Yimou of China Page

Andrzej  Zulawski of Poland & France
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

MM's Andrzej Zulawski fansite [est. 11/2006]

"L'Important c'est d'Aimer" (The Important Thing Is To Love) [France Feb 1975] A fragile woman supporting her failure-obsessed companion to the bitter end meets a photographer weighed down by remorse. Co-written & directed by Andrzej Zulawski, co-written by Christopher Frank, based on his novel; starring Romy Schneider, Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc, Claude Dauphin, Gabrielle Doulcet, Michel Robin, Guy Mairesse, Katia Tchenko, Nicoletta Machiavelli & Klaus Kinski; won César Award for Best Actress (RS) Mondo Vision Uncut Numbered Limited Edition widescreen color DVD [6/2009] 2 disks for $44.99 Mondo Vision Uncut Limited Edition widescreen color DVD [6/2009] for $26.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"La Femme Publique" (The Public Woman) [France May 1984] A young actress is hired to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 1872 novel "The Possessed"; the film director takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. Co-written & directed by Andrzej Zulawski, co-written by Dominique Garnier, based on her 1983 novel; starring Valérie Kaprisky, Francis Huster, Lambert Wilson, Patrick Bauchau, Giselle Pascal, Roger Dumas & Diane Delor Mondo Vision Uncut Numbered Limited Edition widescreen color DVD [11/2008] 2 disks for $44.99 Mondo Vision Uncut Limited Edition widescreen color DVD [11/2008] for $29.95 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

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Danish Film Institute
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