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Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
7.5
/10
925 Ratings

Synopsis

Elegant, scathing humor ties together the various strands of this alternately glamorous and grotesque portrait of American in Paris Polly Maggoo, an Alice in Wonderland supermodel who becomes the pinup plaything of media hounds and the fragmented fantasy of haunted Prince Igor.

Our take

Among Vogue’s most famous photographers, William Klein presents a stylized, biting satire of the fashion industry, starring one of Resnais’ legendary actresses: Delphine Seyrig. Unusual camera angles, pop fantasy sequences, and madcap mod 60s styles: films don’t get more visually striking than this!