· 1993 · 1h 40m

Le Secret d'Elissa Rhaïs

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Director
Jacques Otmezguine
Cast
Anne Canovas as Leila Emmanuel Salinger as Raoul Jean-Pierre Cassel as Lucien Rameau Carine Lemaire as Monique Chafia Boudraa as Aïcha Alain Jancy as Bourdelle
Crew
Jacques Otmezguine — Writer Isabelle Brault — Writer Catherine Breillat — Writer Yves Dangerfield — Writer Françoise Verny — Writer
Synopsis

After a confinement in a harem, an illiterate Algerian takes her revenge by reinventing herself as a writer. Under the name of Elissa Rhaïs, she becomes the darling of the literary Paris of the inter-war period, in search of oriental fantasies.

Key Collaborators
Jacques Otmezguine Director Jacques Otmezguine Writer Isabelle Brault Writer Catherine Breillat Writer Yves Dangerfield Writer Françoise Verny Writer
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