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Irma Vep (1996)
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Reviews Counted: 35
Fresh: 32
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Hong Kong diva Cheung stars as herself, having been cast on a director's whim as the slinky, cat-burgling heroine of a remake of the vintage French serial "Les Vampires." Once in Paris, Cheung... Hong Kong diva Cheung stars as herself, having been cast on a director's whim as the slinky, cat-burgling heroine of a remake of the vintage French serial "Les Vampires." Once in Paris, Cheung encounters countless culture clashes, as well as set-related mishaps that echo Truffaut's charming "Day for Night." [More]
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler, Alex Descas
Director: Olivier Assayas
Director: Olivier Assayas
Screenwriter: Olivier Assayas
Producer: Georges Benayoun
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Reviews for Irma Vep
A wonderful tribute to filmmaking that could only be made in France, it has delightful performances and a low-budget style -- like the film it parodies -- which work beautifully.
Irma Vep's director, Olivier Assayas, evinces a love of the process that's nearly as palpable as Truffaut's.
A delightfully nonchalant movie, complete with some nice satirical barbs aimed at contemporary French film culture, and fine performances throughout.
We just love to make movies about movies to deconstruct them, to see what's behind them.
Cheung, slinking around the corridors of her hotel in her sheath of shiny black latex to the dissonant chords of Sonic Youth, is an instant icon of everything cool.
One of the few movies about making movies that captures the kinetic madness of the process. Maggie Cheung, playing herself, floats like a bemused Buddha through the maelstrom, offering a welcome sense of grace and normalcy.
A sometimes scathing, sometimes goodnatured satire of the French film industry.
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