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La femme publique
Directed byAndrzej Żuławski
Written byDominique Garnier
Andrzej Żuławski
StarringValérie Kaprisky
Francis Huster
Lambert Wilson
Patrick Bauchau
CinematographySacha Vierny
Edited byMarie-Sophie Dubus
Music byAlain Wisniak
Distributed byHachette-Fox
Release date
  • 16 May 1984 (1984-05-16)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The Public Woman (French: La femme publique) is a 1984 French erotic drama film inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1872 novel Demons and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, starring Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson and Francis Huster as the lead actors. The film had a total of 1,302,425 admissions in France where it was the 28th highest-grossing film of the year.[1]

Awards

César Awards, France, 1985

Nominated

Montréal World Film Festival 1984

DVD releases

The film had its English-speaking debut on DVD in late 2008, when new label Mondo Vision released the film as its debut title. The disc features a commentary from Andrzej Żuławski and a video interview, where he discusses Polish cinema and the film's production. The film is also available on DVD from LCJ Editions in France, IVC in Japan, and Minerva Pictures in Italy, but lack these extras.

References

  1. ^ "La Femme publique (1984) - JPBox-Office".

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Films directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Fyodor Dostoevsky's Demons (1872)
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