Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 105 minutes
Year of production : 2008 Director(s) : Max OPHULS Cast : Martine CAROL, Peter USTINOV
Reduced to a state the total degeneration, Lola Montès, under the big top of a gigantic circus, is forced to reinact her dramatic past. The life story of a 19th century courtesan told via flashbacks while being exhibited in a stylised circus somewhere in America. Lola Montes pantomimes her own image, caught between being a caged animal and a femme fatale, she travels around the world creating a caricature of her decline until the tragic conclusion during a show : a leap into the void...
Country(ies) : FRANCE
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