The Public Woman

The story

An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into commiting a political assassination.

Cast & crew

Valérie KapriskyEthel

Francis HusterLucas Kessling

Lambert WilsonMilan Mliska

Patrick BauchauEthel's Father

Gisèle PascalGertrude

Roger DumasAndré

Diane Delor

Diane DelorElena Mliska

Jean-Paul FarréPierre

Olivier Achard1st Assistant Director

Yveline AilhaudRachel

Michel AlbertiniMaurice

Marianne BaslerYoung Anarchist