The Countess of Baton Rouge

The Countess of Baton Rouge

1997/09/17 • Released • French

Romance
Comedy
5.0
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.

Director : André Forcier

Casts
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

Michèle-Barbara Pelletier

Michèle-Barbara Pelletier

Julie Larousse

Marie Eykel

Marie Eykel

Marie L'Heureux (Passe-par-là)

Serge Bonin

Suzanne Cloutier

Suzanne Cloutier

Virginie Beaufort

Shane Gilbeau

L'homme Sandwich

Mark Krasnoff

Canon Man

LaTitia-DeLaine

Beautiful Albino Woman

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