The Countess of Baton Rouge (La comtesse de Bâton Rouge) 26 years old

The Countess of Baton Rouge

In a style evocative of Fellini at his most surreal, this bizarre French Canadian fantasy follows the romance between a young filmmaker and a bearded lady from a local circus during the 1960s. The story begins in a contemporary theater where a projectionist describes, to movie director Rex Prince, the ghostly spirit that seems to be haunting his film. The story then races backward to the 1960s when a half-mad, idealistic Rex was busily making his first film, a Marxist tract depicting poverty in Montreal. Edouard Dore, a well-connected editor works with him and it is he who takes Rex to a carnival late one night to meet the performers in a freakshow. The first person Rex meets is Le Grand Zenon, a hulking one-eyed fellow with the amazing ability to use his eye to project movie images on a screen with neither a projector nor film.

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The Countess of Baton Rouge Cast

Name Character
Louise Marleau She was 53, now 79 years old as Angèlie Temporel
Gaston Lepage He was 49, now 75 years old as Édouard Doré
Isabel Richer She was 31, now 57 years old as Fictionalized Paula Paul
France Castel She was 54, now 80 years old as Nuna Breaux
David Boutin He was 28, now 54 years old as Roy Tranquille
Geneviève Brouillette She was 28, now 54 years old as Paula Paul de Nerval
Robin Aubert He was 26, now 51 years old as Rex Prince
Frédéric Desager He was 28, now 54 years old as The Great Zenon - The Cyclops

The Countess of Baton Rouge Crew

Name Department
André Forcier as Director. He was 50 (now 76) years old Directing
The Countess of Baton Rouge (26 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, September 17, 1997
  • Runtime: 94 minutes