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Zanzibar

1989 · 1h 35m · Drama

In this "inside look" at French filmmaking, Marechal - who is a has-been director - a producer, Vito Catene and Camile Dor, a big-name actress, have agreed to make a film about drugs, but don't have a story, financing, or any of the other elements needed to make it. This doesn't stop them; they cobble together the financing and begin shooting anyway. The producer is very fond of the leading actress, and when she gets hooked on drugs for real in the course of shooting what he feels to be a farcical imitation of a film, he gives up his shares in the film and heads off for the back of beyond (Zanzibar) to lick his wounds. To add insult to injury, the film winds up being a critical and commercial success.

Cast

• Fabienne Babe as Actress Camille Dor
• André Marcon as Producer Vito Catene
• Francis Girod as Director Marshal
• Dominique Maurin as Rémy
• Marie-Armelle Deguy as Nicole
• Teco Celio as Bruno
• Raymond Jourdan as Samuel
• Axel Bogousslavsky as Valentin
• Valérie Schlumberger as Pascale
• Christian Pereira as Leguay
• Xavier Marchand as Hippolyte
• Lucile Flèche as Suzanne

Details

Director

Christine Pascal

Released

October 4, 1989

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama

Studio

Société Générale de Gestion Cinématographique (SGGC), French Productions and Film et Vidéo Productions

Status

Released

TMDB score

5.1 / 10 from 9 votes