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The Countess of Baton Rouge

The Countess of Baton Rouge

Sep 17, 1997 1h 34m
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Synopsis

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.

Title The Countess of Baton Rouge
Companies Max Films
Countries Canada
Keywords
Robin Aubert

Robin Aubert

Rex Prince
Geneviève Brouillette

Geneviève Brouillette

Paula Paul de Nerval
Isabel Richer

Isabel Richer

Fictionalized Paula Paul
David Boutin

David Boutin

Roy Tranquille
Frédéric Desager

Frédéric Desager

The Great Zenon - The Cyclops
Gaston Lepage

Gaston Lepage

Édouard Doré
France Castel

France Castel

Nuna Breaux
Louise Marleau

Louise Marleau

Angèlie Temporel
Francine Ruel

Francine Ruel

Bébé Crocodile
Marie Eykel

Marie Eykel

Marie L'Heureux (Passe-par-là)
Suzanne Cloutier

Suzanne Cloutier

Virginie Beaufort
Shane Gilbeau

Shane Gilbeau

L'homme Sandwich
LaTitia-DeLaine

LaTitia-DeLaine

Beautiful Albino Woman

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