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Washed-up French director René Vidal (Jean-Pierre Léaud) hopes to turn his career around with an update of "Les Vampires," a silent-era masterpiece about a notorious ring of thieves, led by crafty female crook Irma Vep. René brings in Chinese star Maggie Cheung (Maggie Cheung) to play Vep, but unexpected roadblocks arise on the set. Maggie doesn't know French, she's pursued by obsessive lesbian crew member Zoe (Nathalie Richard) and her character's criminal ways begin to rub off on her.

1996 · 1h 39m
Director Olivier Assayas

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Irma Vep

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Washed-up French director René Vidal (Jean-Pierre Léaud) hopes to turn his career around with an update of "Les Vampires," a silent-era masterpiece about a notorious ring of thieves, led by crafty female crook Irma Vep. René brings in Chinese star Maggie Cheung (Maggie Cheung) to play Vep, but unexpected roadblocks arise on the set. Maggie doesn't know French, she's pursued by obsessive lesbian crew member Zoe (Nathalie Richard) and her character's criminal ways begin to rub off on her.

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Average 7.7
Reviews 49
Fresh 46
Rotten 3

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Studio
Dacia Films
Released
1996
Run Time
1 hr 39 min
Rated
K12
Content Advisories
Mild Horror, Sexual Content, Smoking or Tobacco Use, Criminal Activity, Nudity, Violence, Language, Graphic Violence, Drugs or Drug Use, Horror
Region of Origin
France
© 1996 Dacia Films, Canal+

Languages

Original Audio
French (Canada), French, French (France), English
Audio

French (France) (AAC)

Subtitles

English , German , Malay , Portuguese , Spanish , Turkish