MAGGIE CHEUNG

Maggie Cheung, a big star in Asian cinema, arrives in Paris to perform Irma Vep, the character that Musidora once created, in a remake of Feuillade’s “Vampires”. She does not speak a word of French, and everyone around her is reduced to approximate English to make herself understood. In particular, the director, who sees in her the only possibility of a modern Irma Vep.