Melodrama

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Jean-Louis JorgeDirector
• Jean-Louis JorgeScreenplay

Cast

• Martine SimonetNora Legri
• Vicente CriadoAntonio Romano
• Maud MolyneuxAnna
• Benoît FerreuxJohnny
• Manuela MirandaLa Manuelita
• Orla FrauMarion Davies
• FranckieNazimova
• Veronique MoulonguetL'odalisque

Themes