The Public Woman
1984 · 113 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,873 VOTES · DIR. Andrzej Żuławski
Overview
An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into commiting a political assassination.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,016 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:22 ""THE PUBLIC WOMAN""
00:04:11 especially when you have a voice inside, whispering to you that cinema is better than that.
00:11:12 Ethel!
00:15:03 Are you here to see me?
00:18:26 -Sir, my honor doesn't allow me to-- -Your what?
00:23:24 Against what?
00:27:49 Why? Why?!
00:32:10 ''The tree-actors''. At the end of the movie, all you could hear was the rustling of the leaves.
00:35:35 She won't do it!
00:40:23 We need a list of all those that will be killed immediately
00:43:42 where l want, when l want, and how l want.
00:46:58 even if you're always right.
00:53:01 The day you left Kesling for me
00:59:50 Bastard...
01:06:21 Struggle amongst the French Communist Party for the succession to the position of First Secretary.
01:10:32 Does this mean anything to you?
01:14:13 Really...
01:20:36 That's it. Dig now!
01:26:10 You're different.
01:33:58 ln your films and in your life.
01:40:11 Did you know?
01:43:19 One has to prepare its destiny to keep going.
01:46:13 l'll try to find a job not too far away from her...
01:51:15 -Shit. He hung himself for real.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,016
Dialogue density9.0 lines / min
First line00:00:22
Final line01:51:15
Production Record
DirectorAndrzej Żuławski
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes1,873