The Countess of Baton Rouge (1997)

  • NR
  • 09/17/1997 (CA)
  • Romance, Comedy
  • 1h 34m

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.

André Forcier

Director

Cast

Robin Aubert's headshot

Robin Aubert

Rex Prince
Geneviève Brouillette's headshot

Geneviève Brouillette

Paula Paul de Nerval
Isabel Richer's headshot

Isabel Richer

Fictionalized Paula Paul
David Boutin's headshot

David Boutin

Roy Tranquille
Frédéric Desager's headshot

Frédéric Desager

The Great Zenon - The Cyclops
Gaston Lepage's headshot

Gaston Lepage

Édouard Doré
France Castel's headshot

France Castel

Nuna Breaux
Louise Marleau's headshot

Louise Marleau

Angèlie Temporel

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