The Countess of Baton Rouge (movie)

The Countess of Baton Rouge (movie)

La comtesse de Bâton Rouge
  • User score: 5
  • Production country: Canada
  • Producer: André Forcier
  • Production companies: Max Films
  • Genre: Romance, Comedy
  • Release date: 9/17/1997
  • Run time: 94 min.

Movie description

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.

Actors

Robin Aubert

Robin Aubert

Role(s): Rex Prince

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Geneviève Brouillette

Geneviève Brouillette

Role(s): Paula Paul de Nerval

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Isabel Richer

Isabel Richer

Role(s): Fictionalized Paula Paul

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David Boutin

David Boutin

Role(s): Roy Tranquille

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Frédéric Desager

Frédéric Desager

Role(s): The Great Zenon - The Cyclops

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