---
title: 'Irma Vep (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Olivier Assayas'
released: '1996-05-15'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/irma-vep-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116650/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Irma Vep (1996)

1996 · 98 min · Drama, Comedy · France


## Synopsis

Irma Vep is a 1996 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung plays a fictionalised version of herself, as disasters result when an unstable French film director attempts to remake Louis Feuillade's classic silent film serial Les Vampires (1915–16); Irma Vep is an anagram for the word "vampire". Taking place largely through the eyes of a foreigner (Cheung), it is also a meditation on the state of the French film industry.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Olivier Assayas](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-assayas)
- **Screenplay:** [Olivier Assayas](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-assayas)
- **Producer:** [Georges Benayoun](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-benayoun)
- **Director of Photography:** [Éric Gautier](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-gautier)
- **Editor:** [Luc Barnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-barnier)

## Cast

- [Willy Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-martin)
- [Antoine Basler](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-basler)
- [Dominique Faysse](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-faysse)
- [Nathalie Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathalie-richard)
- [Bulle Ogier](https://cinepixo.com/people/bulle-ogier)
- [Maurice Najman](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-najman)
- [Yann Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/yann-richard)
- [Lou Castel](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-castel)
- [Estelle Larrivaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-larrivaz)
- [Maggie Cheung](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-cheung) as Irma Vep
- [Olivier Torres](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-torres)
- [Smaïl Mekki](https://cinepixo.com/people/smail-mekki)
- [Nathalie Boutefeu](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathalie-boutefeu)
- [Jacques Fieschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-fieschi)
- [Bernard Nissille](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-nissille)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/irma-vep-1996
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