Directed by:
Franck RibièreCinematography:
Laurent BarèsCast:
Anna Mouglalis, Niels Schneider, Eric Godon, André Wilms, Constance Dollé, Jean-Jacques Rausin, Sissi Duparc, Michel Fau, Vérane Frédiani (more)VOD (1)
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Who was the most assassinated woman in the world? This dubious honor befell Paula Maxa, the star of the Grand Guignol Theater in the Pigalle district of Paris at the beginning of the 1930s. On stage, she was murdered more than 10,000 times in at least 60 different ways and raped at least 3,000 times. In the dramatized film version, we meet an imperturbable woman who hides a terrible family secret. Writer and director André de Lorde, nicknamed “The Prince of Terror”, practically keeps her under lock and key with the help of a psychiatrist. Until one day, a young journalist pays a visit for an article he’s writing and he starts suspecting the famous theatre is somehow involved with a series of gruesome murders. Upon meeting Paula, he falls head over heels in love and he also learns about her painful past. Will he be able to save her from the clutches of the shady characters surrounding her? (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Anna Mouglalis
France
Best movies:
Happening (2021)
Crime Novel (2005)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Niels Schneider
France
Best movies:
I Killed My Mother (2009)
Heartbeats (2010)
You and the Night (2013)
Eric Godon
Belgium
Best movies:
In Bruges (2008)
Suite Française (2014)
Anna (2019)
André Wilms
France
Best movies:
Europa Europa (1990)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Juha (1999)
Constance Dollé
France
Best movies:
Napoléon (2002) (series)
Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009)
Coup de chance (2023)
Jean-Jacques Rausin
Best movies:
Eldorado (2008)
Death by Death (2016)
Wolfkin (2022)
Sissi Duparc
Best movies:
Marry Me, Dude (2017)
The Family (2013)
Jacquou le croquant (2007)
Michel Fau
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
With a Friend Like Harry... (2000)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Jean-Michel Balthazar
Best movies:
The Promise (1996)
L'enfant (2005)
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Renaud Rutten
Belgium
Best movies:
Little Nicholas (2009)
Bullhead (2011)
L’Escalier de fer (2013) (TV movie)
Christian Crahay
Best movies:
Night and Day (1991)
Maigret (1991) (series)
The Truth (2019)
Bruno Blairet
Best movies:
A Simple Heart (2008)
Spy(ies) (2009)
A Monkey on My Shoulder (2012)