The Shady Lady

A film by Guy Bordin and Renaud de Putter

category : Completed, Documentaries, Feature Films

Synopsis

1910. Charlotte Dufrène, a former demimondaine secluded in elegant society close to Paris, has to accept a strange proposal: to become the pretend companion of Raymond Roussel, an eccentric writer and secret homosexual.
She would spend twenty-three years by his side, accompanying him right to the end of a hallucinated quest. From Brussels, where she then retreats, she recalls the day preceding this decisive meeting and the flamboyant celebration
that was then given in her honour. Letters sent by Charlotte Dufrène between 1933 and 1964 support this narrative.

Cast

Rachid Benbouchta, Louis Combeaud, Christian Crahay, Romain Dayez, Alexa Doctorow, Jean Fürst, Aurore Latour, Lea Petra, Jérémie Siska

Crew

PHOTOGRAPHY : Antoine Meert l SOUND : Loïc Villiot, Iannis Heaulme l SET DESIGN : Émilie Debus l COSTUMES : Gaëtane Paulus l MAKE-UP : Valérie Tomasi l HAIR : Valérie Tomasi l LOCATION MANAGEMENT : Samuel Henry l GAFFER : Sébastien Richard l FILM EDITING : Cédric Zoenen l SOUND EDITING : Mélodie Wegnez l MIXING : Aurélien Lebourg l GRADE : Franck Ravel l MUSIC : Renaud De Putter, Marius-François Gaillard, Reynaldo Hahn, Lea Petra, Camille Saint-Saëns