Zanzibar (1989)
In this "inside look" at French filmmaking, Marechal - who is a has-been director - a producer, Vito Catene and Camile Dor, a big-name actress, have agreed to make a film about drugs, but don't have a story, financing, or any of the other elements needed to make it. This doesn't stop them; they cobble together the financing and begin shooting anyway. The producer is very fond of the leading actress, and when she gets hooked on drugs for real in the course of shooting what he feels to be a farcical imitation of a film, he gives up his shares in the film and heads off for the back of beyond (Zanzibar) to lick his wounds. To add insult to injury, the film winds up being a critical and commercial success.
Director: Christine Pascal
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Fabienne Babe as Actress Camille Dor |
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André Marcon as Producer Vito Catene |
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Francis Girod as Director Marshal |
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Dominique Maurin as Rémy |
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Marie-Armelle Deguy as Nicole |
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Teco Celio as Bruno |
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Raymond Jourdan as Samuel |
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Axel Bogousslavsky as Valentin |
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Valérie Schlumberger as Pascale |
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Christian Pereira as Leguay |
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Xavier Marchand as Hippolyte |
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Lucile Flèche as Suzanne |
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Alain Stern as Sound engineer |
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Pierre-Alain Chapuis as Decoration chef |
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Piched Sillapasart as Servant |
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Brice Karrel as Receptionist |
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Philippe Garnier as Machinist |
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Pascal Delaunay as Machinist |
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Alberto Maccione as Electrician |
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Pascal Sentenac as Boom operator |
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Anémone as Woman in the orange dress at the Césars ceremony |
| Directing | Christine Pascal | Director |
| Writing | Robert Boner | Writer |
| Writing | Christine Pascal | Writer |
| Writing | Catherine Breillat | Writer |
| Production | Robert Boner | Executive Producer |
| Production | Emmanuel Schlumberger | Producer |
| Sound | Bruno Coulais | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anne Schotte | Costume Design |
| Camera | Pascal Marti | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jacques Comets | Editor |
| Art | Solange Zeitoun | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabelle de Araujo | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giacomo Peier | Makeup Artist |
