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Synopsis

A has-been French filmmaker wants a Hong Kong actress to be the heroine in a rendering of Les Vampires.

Year1996
CountryFrance
Cinematic DNA
Well, Irma Vep was a big reference, not for the plot, but for the tone, for the texture of filmmaking, for the way it embraced black and white. It felt very loose and yet very controlled.
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