World Cinema Classics

IRMA VEP

Directed by Olivier Assayas

France, 1996, 1h 37min, DCP, In French and English with English subtitles

World Cinema Classics

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

“Bizarre and beautiful”
—The Austin Chronicle

“Both a snapshot of and a response to cinema’s daunting new permutations”
—The Current

Olivier Assayas ushered in the second century of cinema with this story of a film director (Jean-Pierre Leaud) who finds himself stuck as he tries to film a remake of the silent serial LES VAMPIRES. When Hong Kong star Maggie Cheung (playing herself) arrives, a lightning flash of inspiration strikes, resulting in one of the most satisfactory movie climaxes of its era.

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