The Countess of Baton Rouge
La comtesse de Bâton Rouge
Montreal film-maker Rex Prince travels to Louisiana to search for his first love Paula Paul, the Countess of the title: the loveliest bearded lady ever to grace a circus sideshow. To win her love he takes on the job of Human Cannonball; wins her and loses her tragically, then tries to commit their love story to film. An exploration of self-image and memory, and the glamour (used in the sense of a magic spell or illusory reality) which the movie camera can weave.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Robin Aubert
Rex Prince
Geneviève Brouillette
Paula Paul de Nerval
Isabel Richer
Fictionalized Paula Paul
David Boutin
Roy Tranquille
Frédéric Desager
The Great Zenon - The Cyclops
Gaston Lepage
Édouard Doré
France Castel
Nuna Breaux
Louise Marleau
Angèlie Temporel
Francine Ruel
Bébé Crocodile
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier
Julie Larousse
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Michel Cusson
Composer
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Francois Aubry
Cinematographer
André Turpin
Cinematographer