Zanzibar

In this "inside look" at French filmmaking, Marechal - who is a has-been director - a producer, Vito Catene and Camile Dor, a big-name actress, have agreed to make a film about drugs, but don't have a story, financing, or any of the other elements needed to make it. This doesn't stop them; they cobble together the financing and begin shooting anyway. The producer is very fond of the leading actress, and when she gets hooked on drugs for real in the course of shooting what he feels to be a farcical imitation of a film, he gives up his shares in the film and heads off for the back of beyond (Zanzibar) to lick his wounds. To add insult to injury, the film winds up being a critical and commercial success.

Cast

Fabienne Babe

Actress Camille Dor

André Marcon

Producer Vito Catene

Francis Girod

Director Marshal

Dominique Maurin

Rémy

Marie-Armelle Deguy

Nicole

Teco Celio

Bruno

Raymond Jourdan

Samuel

Axel Bogousslavsky

Valentin

Valérie Schlumberger

Pascale

Christian Pereira

Leguay