The Public Woman

The Public Woman is a 1984 French erotic drama film inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1872 novel Demons and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, starring Valérie Kaprisky, Lambert Wilson and Francis Huster as the lead actors. The film had a total of 1,302,425 admissions in France where it was the 28th highest-grossing film of the year. Awards César Awards, France, 1985 Nominated Best Actress - Valérie Kaprisky Best Supporting Actor - Lambert Wilson Best Writing - Adaptation - Andrzej Żuławski and Dominique Garnier Montréal World Film Festival 1984 Won Most Popular Film - Andrzej Żuławski Won Special Prize of the Jury - Andrzej Żuławski