Oct 01, 1996
99 min
Full-HD

Irma Vep (1996)

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…

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

France

Companies

Dacia Films

Maggie Cheung

Maggie

Jean-Pierre Léaud

René Vidal

Nathalie Richard

Zoé

Antoine Basler

Journalist

Nathalie Boutefeu

Laure

Alex Descas

Desormeaux

Dominique Faysse

Maïté

Arsinée Khanjian

L'américaine

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