6.4
Where can I stream The Public Woman?
It streams in 3 other countries, but not in the United States.
Story
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.
Feels like
- Psychological Drama
- Identity Crisis
- Art & Reality
- Political Thriller
- Dostoevsky Adaptation
- Intense Character Study
- Unsettling & Bleak
- Meta-Narrative
- Existential