The Countess of Baton Rouge (1997)

In a style evocative of Fellini at his most surreal, this bizarre French Canadian fantasy follows the romance between a young filmmaker and a bearded lady from a local circus during the 1960s. The sto...ry begins in a contemporary theater where a projectionist describes, to movie director Rex Prince, the ghostly spirit that seems to be haunting his film. The story then races backward to the 1960s when a half-mad, idealistic Rex was busily making his first film, a Marxist tract depicting poverty in Montreal. Edouard Dore, a well-connected editor works with him and it is he who takes Rex to a carnival late one night to meet the performers in a freakshow. The first person Rex meets is Le Grand Zenon, a hulking one-eyed fellow with the amazing ability to use his eye to project movie images on a screen with neither a projector nor film. more

Directing:
  • André Forcier

Writing:
  • André Forcier

Stars:
Release Date: 1997-09-17
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  • Country: CA
  • Language: Français
  • Runtime: 94

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Isabel Richer
Isabel Richer
Fictionalized Paula Paul
Gaston Lepage
Gaston Lepage
Édouard Doré
Louise Marleau
Louise Marlea...
Angèlie Temporel
France Castel
France Castel
Nuna Breaux
Robin Aubert
Robin Aubert
Rex Prince
Geneviève Brouillette
Geneviève Bro...
Paula Paul de Nerval
David Boutin
David Boutin
Roy Tranquille
Frédéric Desager
Frédéric Desa...
The Great Zenon - The Cyclops
Marie Eykel
Marie Eykel
Marie L'Heureux (Passe-par-là)
Francine Ruel
Francine Ruel
Bébé Crocodile
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier
Michèle-Barba...
Julie Larousse
Lyne Rodier
Lyne Rodier
Biz Prince
Cédric Noël
Cédric Noël
M. Beaufort
Suzanne Cloutier
Suzanne Clout...
Virginie Beaufort
François L'Écuyer
François L'Éc...
Étienne
Michel Côté
Michel Côté
(uncredited)
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