Zanzibar

Zanzibar

95 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 1989

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.

Zanzibar

95 mins | Drama | Oct. 4, 1989

Zanzibar
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.
Producers French Productions, Société Générale de Gestion Cinématographique (SGGC), Film et Vidéo Productions
Original title Zanzibar
Directors Christine Pascal
Writers Robert Boner, Christine Pascal, Catherine Breillat

Cast

Fabienne Babe

as Actress Camille Dor

André Marcon

as Producer Vito Catene

Francis Girod

as Director Marshal

Dominique Maurin

as Rémy

Teco Celio

as Bruno

Raymond Jourdan

as Samuel

Axel Bogousslavsky

as Valentin

Christian Pereira

as Leguay

Xavier Marchand

as Hippolyte

Lucile Flèche

as Suzanne

Alain Stern

as Sound engineer

Pierre-Alain Chapuis

as Decoration chef

Piched Sillapasart

as Servant

Brice Karrel

as Receptionist

Philippe Garnier

as Machinist

Pascal Delaunay

as Machinist

Alberto maccione

as Electrician

Pascal Sentenac

as Boom operator

Anémone

as The woman in the orange dress at the Césars ceremony