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Irma Vep [videorecording] / écrit et realisé par Olivier Assayas.

Contributor(s): Assayas, Olivier [director.] | Cheung, Maggie [actor.] | Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- [actor.] | Richard, Nathalie, 1962- [actor.]Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 2NDVD3135 | Second SightLanguage: French Summary language: English Publication details: [U.K.] : Second Sight, [2008?]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., colDDC classification: 791.437 Cast: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Richard, and others.Summary: In attempt to rejuvenate his flagging film career, a French director decides to remake 'Les vampires', a classic old, silent adventure serial. He calls upon Maggie Cheung to star as the heroine of the piece, Irma, but when Maggie arrives, she finds it difficult to cope with the insane director, a Tarantino-obsessed film journalist and the romantic attentions of her wardrobe mistress. In a haze of confusion and jet lag, Maggie starts taking on the wicked character of Irma Vep and she journeys into the Parisian night in search of crime.
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DVD DVD Paul Hamlyn Library Paul Hamlyn Library Floor 1 Mobile shelves 791.4372 IRM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0593897X
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Film made in 1996.

Special features: Man Yuk - portrait of Maggie Cheung; interview with Olivier Assayas/Charles Tesson; interview with Maggie Cheung/Nathalie Richard; Maggie Cheung rushes; trailer.

Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Nathalie Richard, and others.

In attempt to rejuvenate his flagging film career, a French director decides to remake 'Les vampires', a classic old, silent adventure serial. He calls upon Maggie Cheung to star as the heroine of the piece, Irma, but when Maggie arrives, she finds it difficult to cope with the insane director, a Tarantino-obsessed film journalist and the romantic attentions of her wardrobe mistress. In a haze of confusion and jet lag, Maggie starts taking on the wicked character of Irma Vep and she journeys into the Parisian night in search of crime.

BBFC code: 15.

DVD.

In French with English subtitles.

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