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Irma Vep (1996)
Rating:
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Leaud
Director: Olivier Assayas
Category: Foreign, Comedy, Independent
Studio: WinStar Home Video
Subtitles:
English
Length:
96 mins

 
 

 

Hong Kong action superstar Maggie Cheung plays herself in Olivier Assayas' brilliant satire of the movie industry.
Aging director Henri Vidal, has decided to film a remake of the legendary silent serial Les Vampires in hopes of making a comeback.Vidal chooses Cheung to play Irma Vep, the leader of a band of jewel thieves.Arriving in Paris unable to speak a word of French, Cheung finds herself stuck in the middles of a stressful situation when production begins to fall apart and Vidal suffers a nervous breakdown.

 
 
   
   

 
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