---
title: 'The Public Woman (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Żuławski'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-public-woman-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087250/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Public Woman (1984)

1984 · 113 min · Drama · France

Original title: La Femme publique

## Synopsis

The Public Woman is a 1984 French erotic drama film, directed by Andrzej Żuławski, starring Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson and Francis Huster as the lead actors. The film had a total of 1,302,425 admissions in France where it was the 28th-highest-grossing film of the year. The film being recorded inside the film is based on inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1872 novel Demons.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Żuławski](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-zu-awski)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrzej Żuławski](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-zu-awski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alain Wisniak](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-wisniak)
- **Producer:** [René Cleitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-cleitman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sacha Vierny](https://cinepixo.com/people/sacha-vierny)
- **Editor:** [Marie-Sophie Dubus](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-sophie-dubus)

## Cast

- [Étienne Roda-Gil](https://cinepixo.com/people/etienne-roda-gil)
- [Gisèle Pascal](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisele-pascal)
- [Roger Dumas](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-dumas)
- [Patrick Bauchau](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-bauchau)
- [Michel Albertini](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-albertini)
- [Marc Berman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-berman)
- [René Bériard](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-beriard)
- [Jean-Paul Farré](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-farre)
- [Marianne Basler](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-basler)
- [Lambert Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lambert-wilson)
- [Lucas Belvaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucas-belvaux)
- [Valérie Kaprisky](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-kaprisky)
- [Francis Huster](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-huster)
- [Yveline Ailhaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/yveline-ailhaud)
- [Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-j-jaroszewicz)

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