The Public Woman

La femme publique
Directed by	Andrzej Żuławski
Written by	Dominique Garnier Andrzej Żuławski
Starring	Valérie Kaprisky Francis Huster Lambert Wilson Patrick Bauchau
Cinematography	Sacha Vierny
Edited by	Marie-Sophie Dubus
Music by	Alain Wisniak
Distributed by	Hachette-Fox
Release date	16 May 1984 (1984-05-16)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Public Woman (French: La femme publique) is a 1984 French erotic drama film inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1872 novel Demons and 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.

Awards

César Awards, France, 1985

Nominated

• Best Actress - Valérie Kaprisky
• Best Supporting Actor - Lambert Wilson
• Best Writing - Adaptation - Andrzej Żuławski and Dominique Garnier

Montréal World Film Festival 1984

• Won Most Popular Film - Andrzej Żuławski
• Won Special Prize of the Jury - Andrzej Żuławski

DVD releases

The film had its English-speaking debut on DVD in late 2008, when new label Mondo Vision released the film as its debut title. The disc features a commentary from Andrzej Żuławski and a video interview, where he discusses Polish cinema and the film's production. The film is also available on DVD from LCJ Editions in France, IVC in Japan, and Minerva Pictures in Italy, but lack these extras.

External links

• La femme publique at IMDb
• Image comparison comparing the quality of different DVD releases
• Bagatellen.com review
• DVDTalk Review
• DVD Times Review