The Countess of Baton Rouge

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Robin Aubert

Rex Prince

Age : 52 | Popularity : 5%

Geneviève Brouillette

Paula Paul de Nerval

Age : 54 | Popularity : 6%

Isabel Richer

Fictionalized Paula Paul

Age : 58 | Popularity : 7%

David Boutin

Roy Tranquille

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Frédéric Desager

The Great Zenon - The Cyclops

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Gaston Lepage

Édouard Doré

Age : 75 | Popularity : 5%

France Castel

Nuna Breaux

Age : 80 | Popularity : 6%

Louise Marleau

Angèlie Temporel

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	André Forcier
Department	Role	Name

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