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6.7 / 10 1h 39min

Comedy Drama

Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung (playing herself) comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Clad in a rubber catsuit and unable to speak a word of French, Cheung finds herself adrift in the insanity of the film industry…

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Review by user970yderope8

Assayas' love letter to Maggie Cheung sounds out an epidemic Gallic neurosis through a pair of foreign eyes along with its spellbinding mise-en-abyme conceit

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Review by JungleJester

fascinating look at how a film is made--and SHOULD NOT be made

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Review by user220cdk94tvz

...In which Olivier Assayas tries out a bunch of different ideas with no cohesion

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Review by SunlitSparrow

One of the Olivier Assayas best film

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Review by user169o3v777sf

Sexy, funny, smart, sad, EXCELLENT.

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Review by EmeraldEagle

A well-constructed, pleasant surprise.

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Review by user114901mw9pb

So unique & so much better than Shadow Of The Vampire

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Review by EmeraldEmu

Irma Vep or Eerma Wep? Who cares in this friendly, eccentric movie about making a movie?

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Review by DaringDeer

An enjoyable wry, dry comedy-drama, albeit for select audiences

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Review by EmeraldElk

Excellent -- Now Make the Real Movie!

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Review by user634dn2pnr6r

I'm here just for Maggie Cheung

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Review by ThunderousTiger

the mid-age crisis of the French New Wave

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Review by user1040pubtj4a

Brimming with energy, and Maggie Cheung shines

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Review by user9319gap6rnb

Possibly the best French art film ever!

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Review by user41os2hjefe

A brilliant addition to movies about movies

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Review by user16mgtts6rf

dressed in latex, bought at a sex shop

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