Irma VepThis film-within-a-film follows an eccentric French director (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud) as he attempts to remake Louis Feuillade's silent classic Les vampires with Maggie Cheung (as herself) in the role of the slinky protagonist.
Akin to Truffaut's La nuit américaine in its tender rendition of the impossible process of filmmaking, Assayas skillfully employs a freewheeling camera style to capture the frenetic, disorientating artistic process and the nature of stardom.
