La Poupée ("The Doll") is a 1962 French-Italian science fiction film directed by Jacques Baratier. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] It was Baratier's final film. La Poupée is a surrealistic work, "part theater of the absurd, part musical with Greek chorus". Grand Guignol

La Poupée
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Directed byJacques Baratier
Written byJacques Audiberti
Produced byJacques Baratier
Claude Jaeger
StarringZbigniew Cybulski
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
Edited byLéonide Azar
Release date
  • 7 November 1962 (1962-11-07)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

In La Poupée, a rebel impersonates the leader of a fictional country, loosely modeled off Latin American dictators. His "wife" Marion (played by the crossdressing actor Sonne Teal) is in fact also a robot imposter, the Poupée.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "La Poupée". Film Affinity. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. ^ La Poupée Olaf Möller, Film Comment
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