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LOLA MONTES (Past Film)
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Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 105 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2008 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2009 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2008

Director(s) : Max OPHULS
Cast : Martine CAROL, Peter USTINOV

Synopsis

Reduced to a state the total degeneration, Lola Montès, under the big top of a gigantic circus, is forced to reinact her dramatic past. The life story of a 19th century courtesan told via flashbacks while being exhibited in a stylised circus somewhere in America. Lola Montes pantomimes her own image, caught between being a caged animal and a femme fatale, she travels around the world creating a caricature of her decline until the tragic conclusion during a show : a leap into the void...

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

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