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remake I’ll be reviewing in a few weeks). There are plenty of jokes at the expense of the acting profession, and at its best “Irma Vep” reminded me of the irresistible tartness of classic French comedy “Call My Agent!” (whose U.K. Vikander is a magnetic presence, playing a free-spirited Hollywood actress with a colorful love life – and who, I am sure, is completely unconnected to Kristen Stewart, who starred in Assayas’ previous films “Personal Shopper” (2016) and “Clouds of Sils Maria” (2014).
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(We see plenty of actual scenes from the original 1915 series and its new remake, which Vidal is turning into a TV series that’s very faithful to the original – which constantly begs the question of the viewer: why?) The bearded and befuddled René may well have you wondering what the French is for “asshat,” yet there’s something likable about this middle-aged artist who has long since lost his creative spark, and knows it.ĭirector René (Vincent Macaigne) and actress Mira (Alicia Vikander) in a scene from "Irma Vep." Credit: Carole Bethuel/HBO / YesĪt the heart of it all, though, is Alicia Vikander as young American star Mira Harberg, fresh from a Hollywood smash in the shape of a dreadful-sounding sci-fi blockbuster called “Doomsday.” She’s arrived in Paris to play the iconic role of Irma, who might best be described as Chat Woman if DC Comics weren’t so litigious. The TV version of “Irma Vep” is a multilayered show that is as much about the 1996 version also made by our fictional director René Vidal (played here by Vincent Macaigne) as it is about a remake of the 1915 film series. Cheung and Assayas were a real-life couple for several years after the film, and Assayas isn’t about to ignore that as part of an apparent desire to pursue his demons.
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The original film starred Hong Kong action star Maggie Cheung, but while she isn’t in the remake, her spirit certainly is. The basic plots in the film and TV series are similar: An overseas female star has been hired to star in a remake of “Les Vampires,” a 1915 French film series directed by Louis Feuillade about a gang of master criminals known as “the Vampires.” The silent series starred legendary French actress Musidora as anagrammatic heroine Irma Vep.