7.559 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestIn her final days shooting The Vampires, Mira grapples with her experience playing Irma Vep coming to a close. Regina looks toward her next chapter as a filmmaker, while Mira channels the spirit of Irma Vep to pursue a career-defining opportunity.
Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to France to star as “Irma Vep” in a remake of the French silent film classic, “Les Vampires.” Set against the backdrop of a lurid crime thriller, Mira struggles as the distinctions between herself and the character she plays begin to blur and merge.
Costume
That catsuit becomes a character—restrictive, freeing, possessed.
Direction
Assayas remaking his own remake? The audacity works.
Acting
Vikander's micro-expressions sell the slow identity bleed.
Creator
Olivier Assayas
Alicia Vikander
Mira Harberg
Vincent Macaigne
René Vidal
Lars Eidinger
Gottfried
Devon Ross
Regina
Nora Hamzawi
Carla
Jeanne Balibar
Zoe
Adria Arjona
Laurie
Byron Bowers
Herman
Vincent Lacoste
Edmond Lagrange
Alex Descas
Gregory Desormeaux
Fala Chen
Cynthia Keng
Hippolyte Girardot
Robert Danjou
Antoine Reinartz
Jeremie
Tom Sturridge
Eamonn
Carrie Brownstein
Zelda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Assayas made a 1996 film also titled 'Irma Vep' with Maggie Cheung—this series is him literally remaking himself.
The original 'Les Vampires' (1915) was nearly 7 hours; Assayas compresses cinema history into one woman's nervous breakdown.
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