
In this "inside look" at French filmmaking, Marechal - who is a has-been director - a producer, Vito Catene and Camile Dor, a big-name actress, have agreed to make a film about drugs, but don't have a story, financing, or any of the other elements needed to make it. This doesn't stop them; they cobble together the financing and begin shooting anyway. The producer is very fond of the leading actress, and when she gets hooked on drugs for real in the course of shooting what he feels to be a farcical imitation of a film, he gives up his shares in the film and heads off for the back of beyond (Zanzibar) to lick his wounds. To add insult to injury, the film winds up being a critical and commercial success.
Directed by Christine Pascal
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Cast

Fabienne Babe
Actress Camille Dor

André Marcon
Producer Vito Catene
Francis Girod
Director Marshal

Dominique Maurin
Rémy

Marie-Armelle Deguy
Nicole

Teco Celio
Bruno

Raymond Jourdan
Samuel
Axel Bogousslavsky
Valentin
Valérie Schlumberger
Pascale

Christian Pereira
Leguay
Xavier Marchand
Hippolyte
Lucile Flèche
Suzanne

Alain Stern
Sound engineer

Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Decoration chef
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