Irma Vep

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Irma Vep
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Olivier Assayas
Written by	Olivier Assayas
Produced by	Georges Benayoun
Starring	Maggie Cheung Jean-Pierre Léaud Nathalie Richard Bulle Ogier Lou Castel Arsinée Khanjian Antoine Basler Nathalie Boutefeu Alex Descas Dominique Faysse Bernard Nissile Olivier Torres
Cinematography	Éric Gautier
Edited by	Luc Barnier
Music by	Philippe Richard
Production company	Dacia Films
Distributed by	Haut et Court
Release dates	15 May 1996 (1996-05-15) (Cannes) 13 November 1996 (1996-11-13) (France)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	France
Languages	English French
Budget	€1.4 million[1]
Box office	$282,310 (US & Canada)[1]

Irma Vep is a 1996 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Olivier Assayas. Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung plays a fictionalised version of herself, as disasters result when an unstable French film director (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud) attempts to remake Louis Feuillade's classic silent film serial Les Vampires (1915–16). (Irma Vep is an anagram for the word "vampire".) Taking place largely through the eyes of a foreigner (Cheung), it is also a meditation on the state of the French film industry.

Irma Vep was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.^[2] It was released in France on 13 November 1996.

In 2022, the film was reimagined as a miniseries for HBO, created by Assayas.