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The Countess of Baton Rouge (1997)

Overview

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 story 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.
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André Forcier profile
André Forcier

Director

Cast

Robin Aubert profile
Robin Aubert

Rex Prince

Geneviève Brouillette profile
Geneviève Brouillette

Paula Paul de Nerval

Isabel Richer profile
Isabel Richer

Fictionalized Paula Paul

David Boutin profile
David Boutin

Roy Tranquille

Frédéric Desager profile
Frédéric Desager

The Great Zenon - The Cyclops

Gaston Lepage profile
Gaston Lepage

Édouard Doré

France Castel profile
France Castel

Nuna Breaux

Louise Marleau profile
Louise Marleau

Angèlie Temporel

Francine Ruel profile
Francine Ruel

Bébé Crocodile

Michèle-Barbara Pelletier profile
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier

Julie Larousse

Mark Krasnoff profile
Mark Krasnoff

Dudley Fuselier

Lyne Rodier profile
Lyne Rodier

Biz Prince

Robin Aubert profile
Robin Aubert

Rex Prince

Geneviève Brouillette profile
Geneviève Brouillette

Paula Paul de Nerval

Isabel Richer profile
Isabel Richer

Fictionalized Paula Paul

David Boutin profile
David Boutin

Roy Tranquille

Frédéric Desager profile
Frédéric Desager

The Great Zenon - The Cyclops

Gaston Lepage profile
Gaston Lepage

Édouard Doré

France Castel profile
France Castel

Nuna Breaux

Louise Marleau profile
Louise Marleau

Angèlie Temporel

Francine Ruel profile
Francine Ruel

Bébé Crocodile

Michèle-Barbara Pelletier profile
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier

Julie Larousse

Mark Krasnoff profile
Mark Krasnoff

Dudley Fuselier

Lyne Rodier profile
Lyne Rodier

Biz Prince

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Release Date

September 17, 1997

Original Language

French

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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