Melodrama (1976)
This black-and-white film explores the dividing line between the theatrical imagination and everyday reality in its story of a narcissistic silent movie actor who believes his screen image as a great lover but is in fact a confused bisexual. His girlfriend, also an actress, is also caught up in the fuzzy space between fantasy and reality but feels this as a loss and tries to do something about it.
Director:
Jean-Louis Jorge
Writer:
Jean-Louis Jorge
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Martine Simonet as Nora Legri |
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Vicente Criado as Antonio Romano |
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Maud Molyneux as Anna |
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Benoît Ferreux as Johnny |
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Manuela Miranda as La Manuelita |
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Orla Frau as Marion Davies |
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Franckie as Nazimova |
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Veronique Moulonguet as L'odalisque |
| Camera | Ramón F. Suárez | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Jean-Louis Jorge | Director |
| Art | Jean-Noël Delamarre | Title Designer |
| Editing | Jean-Louis Jorge | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franckie | Wardrobe Designer |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Loublier | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Gabriel Glissant | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Calvet | Key Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Triou | Sound |
| Writing | Jean-Louis Jorge | Screenplay |
| Sound | Christian Bonneau | Music |
| Lighting | Hubert Segond | Electrician |
| Editing | Anne Brotons | Editor |
| Editing | Dominique Smadja | Editor |
| Production | Paul Maigret | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vincente Criado | Wardrobe Designer |
| Directing | Natalie Perrey | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Fanny Berchaux | Producer |
| Camera | Martine Lancelot | First Assistant Camera |