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1994 Certificate 15
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Maggie Cheung, acting out her own role as one of the greatest stars of Asian cinema, comes to Paris to portray Irma Vep (the character created by Musidora) in a remake of the famous series Vampires directed by Louis Feuillade between 1915 and 1916. She does not speak a word of French, and therefore everyone is forced to speak .. Read more

Starring Maggie Cheung, jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean-Pierre Leaud
Director Olivier Assayas
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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Irma Vep

Maggie Cheung, acting out her own role as one of the greatest stars of Asian cinema, comes to Paris to portray Irma Vep (the character created by Musidora) in a remake of the famous series Vampires directed by Louis Feuillade between 1915 and 1916. She does not speak a word of French, and therefore everyone is forced to speak to her in broken English--especially her somewhat incomprehensible, has-been director, Rene Vidal, who sees Maggie as the unique incarnation of a modern Irma Vep.

Starring Maggie Cheung, jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean-Pierre Leaud
Director Olivier Assayas
Studio SECOND SIGHT FILMS LTD.
Run time DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language DVD: French
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 31 Mar 2008
Production year: 1994
Format DVD

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  • Named after the slinky heroine of Feuillade's Les Vampires (which neurotic, idealistic director Léaud is here planning... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

  • A wonderful tribute to filmmaking

    • Channelfour.com
    • Posted 25 Jan 2008

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  • 12 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    It's VEP not VEPP

    This is one of the most exhilirating films about film you'll ever get to see - especially if you have a passion for both the machinations of independent film making and camp gothic horror.

    Without giving too much away, it's called 'Irma Vep'. There's only one 'P'. This may sound pedantic but it's an anagram and that extra 'P' destroys the symmetry of the title.

    If you're even slightly asthmatic keep the inhaler handy. The last 10 minutes could take your breath away

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Unintelligible English parts

    The bits in 'English' were unintelligible and the story was so flimsy it wasn't worth bothering to try and understand. A film about film-making maybe interests other film-makers, but not me. Disappointing

      • A customer from Innerleithen
      • Posted 12 Oct 2008 21:40

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