Irma Vep (1996)

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French filmmaker René Vidal (Day for Night s Jean-Pierre Léaud) is commissioned by a TV company to direct a remake of Louis Feuillade s classic silent-era serial, Les Vampires. Maggie Cheung (playing a version of herself) is cast in the central role and heads to Paris for filming where she finds herself amid the chaos of artistic differences, petty rivalries and the immense egos which make up a film set.

hong kong action superstar maggie cheung (police story) plays herself in olivier assayas' brilliant satire of the movie industry. aging director henri vidal (jean-pierre léaud), has decided to film a remake of the legendary silent serial les vamipires in hopes of making a comeback. vidal chooses cheung to play irma vep, the leader of a band of jewel thieves. arriving in paris unable to speak a word of french, cheung finds herself stuck in the middle of a stressful situation when the production begins to fall apart and vidal suffers a nervous breakdown.