Zanzibar
5.6
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.
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Cast
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Fabienne Babe
Actress Camille Dor
Known for
Napoleon
Frenchmen
André Marcon
Producer Vito Catene
Known for
A Perfect Man
Me, Myself and Mum
Christine Pascal
Known for
The Best Way to Walk
'Round Midnight
Robert Boner
Also in
Guns
Francis Girod
Director Marshal
Also in
L.627
Camille or the Catastrophic Comedy
Catherine Breillat
Known for
Last Tango in Paris
The Housekeeper
Jean-Bernard Fetoux
Dominique Maurin
Rémy
Known for
Ernest & Celestine
Rififi
Emmanuel Schlumberger
Marie-Armelle Deguy
Nicole
Known for
La Vie en Rose
The Women on the 6th Floor
Miguel Stucky
Teco Celio
Bruno
Known for
Three Colors: Red
1992
Christine Pascal Director · Catherine Breillat Writer Robert Boner Writer
First release May 13, 1989 · Produced in France, Switzerland · Production French Productions, Film et Vidéo Productions
Production
Société Générale de Gestion Cinématographique (SGGC)
Production
French Productions
Production
Film et Vidéo Productions
Production
France · Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 13, 1989
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · October 4, 1989
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
December 6, 1990 · Theatrical
Switzerland
November 1, 1989 · Theatrical
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