Melodrama

Top 8 Billed Cast

Martine Simonet
Martine Simonet

Nora Legri

Vicente Criado
Vicente Criado

Antonio Romano

Maud Molyneux
Maud Molyneux

Anna

Benoît Ferreux
Benoît Ferreux

Johnny

Manuela Miranda
Manuela Miranda

La Manuelita

Orla Frau
Orla Frau

Marion Davies

Franckie
Franckie

Nazimova

Veronique Moulonguet
Veronique Moulonguet

L'odalisque

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    This black-and-white film explores the dividing line between the theatrical imagination and everyday reality in its story of a narcissistic silent movie actor who believes his screen image as a great lover but is in fact a confused bisexual. His girlfriend, also an actress, is also caught up in the fuzzy space between fantasy and reality but feels this as a loss and tries to do something about it.

  • Release Date

    1976-04-10

  • Average

    3.5

  • Rating:

    1.8 starts
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    Français
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