Zanzibar

Story

Synopsis

In this "inside look" at French filmmaking, Marechal - who is a has-been director - a producer, Vito Catene and Camile Dor, a big-name actress, have agreed to make a film about drugs, but don't have a story, financing, or any of the other elements needed to make it. This doesn't stop them; they cobble together the financing and begin shooting anyway. The producer is very fond of the leading actress, and when she gets hooked on drugs for real in the course of shooting what he feels to be a farcical imitation of a film, he gives up his shares in the film and heads off for the back of beyond (Zanzibar) to lick his wounds. To add insult to injury, the film winds up being a critical and commercial success.

Director

Christine Pascal

Writers

Catherine Breillat, Robert Boner, Christine Pascal

Language

French

Country

Switzerland, France

Release date

4 October 1989

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Fabienne Babe

  Actress Camille Dor

• 

  André Marcon

  Producer Vito Catene

• Francis Girod

  Director Marshal

• 

  Dominique Maurin

  Rémy

• 

  Marie-Armelle Deguy

  Nicole

• 

  Teco Celio

  Bruno

• 

  Raymond Jourdan

  Samuel

• Axel Bogousslavsky

  Valentin

• Valérie Schlumberger

  Pascale

• 

  Christian Pereira

  Leguay

• Xavier Marchand

  Hippolyte

• Lucile Flèche

  Suzanne