Movie Description
La comtesse de Bâton Rouge
(1997)Overview
In a style evocative of Fellini at his most surreal, this bizarre French Canadian fantasy follows the romance between a young filmmaker and a bearded lady from a local circus during the 1960s. The story begins in a contemporary theater where a projectionist describes, to movie director Rex Prince, the ghostly spirit that seems to be haunting his film. The story then races backward to the 1960s when a half-mad, idealistic Rex was busily making his first film, a Marxist tract depicting poverty in Montreal. Edouard Dore, a well-connected editor works with him and it is he who takes Rex to a carnival late one night to meet the performers in a freakshow. The first person Rex meets is Le Grand Zenon, a hulking one-eyed fellow with the amazing ability to use his eye to project movie images on a screen with neither a projector nor film.
Featured Crew
- Director : André Forcier
- Writer : André Forcier
- Editor : Richard Comeau
- Cast : Robin Aubert,Geneviève Brouillette,Isabel Richer,David Boutin,Frédéric Desager,Gaston Lepage,France Castel,Louise Marleau,Francine Ruel,Michèle-Barbara Pelletier,Marie Eykel,Serge Bonin,Suzanne Cloutier,Shane Gilbeau,Mark Krasnoff,LaTitia-DeLaine
Cast
Rex Prince
Paula Paul de Nerval
Fictionalized Paula Paul
Roy Tranquille
The Great Zenon - The Cyclops
Édouard Doré
Nuna Breaux
Angèlie Temporel
Bébé Crocodile
Julie Larousse
Marie L'Heureux (Passe-par-là)
Virginie Beaufort
L'homme Sandwich
Canon Man
Beautiful Albino Woman
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Facts
Original TitleLa comtesse de Bâton Rouge
Status Released
Release Information
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1997-09-17
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 34m
Production CompaniesMax Films
Genres
- Romance
- Comedy
