La vallée fantôme (1987)
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Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacob Berger, Laura Morante, Caroline Cartier
A stalled filmmaker sends his young assistant to persuade a former ideal actress to return to the screen.
The story
Paul is unable to write the screenplay for his next film, and a succession of similar auditions fails to help him break through. Jean, a dashing assistant recently graduated from a New York film school, encounters Paul in the midst of these difficulties. When Paul thinks again of Dara, the actress he regards as ideal, he sends Jean to find her and try to hire her. Dara has returned to live in Chioggia after several years of failure in Rome, but she refuses to set foot on a film set again.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Paul (Jean-Louis Trintignant) can’t manage to write the screenplay for his next film. Auditions for actresses come one after another, all much the same; none can get him unstuck. Jean (Jacob Berger), a dashing assistant freshly graduated from a New York film school, catches him in the midst of his misadventures. When Paul suddenly thinks again of Dara (Laura Morante), his ideal actress, he sends Jean after her, determined to hire the young woman at any cost. However, Dara, who has returned to live in Chioggia after several years of failure in Rome, refuses to set foot on a film set again.
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