| La femme publique | |
| Director: | Andrzej Żuławski |
| Starring: | Valérie Kaprisky Francis Huster Lambert Wilson Patrick Bauchau |
| Music: | Alain Wisniak |
| Cinematography: | Sacha Vierny |
| Editing: | Marie-Sophie Dubus |
| Distributor: | Hachette-Fox |
| Runtime: | 113 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
The Public Woman (French: La femme publique) 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.[1]
The film had its English-speaking debut on DVD in late 2008, when new label Mondo Vision released the film as its debut title. The disc features a commentary from Andrzej Żuławski and a video interview, where he discusses Polish cinema and the film's production. The film is also available on DVD from LCJ Editions in France, IVC in Japan, and Minerva Pictures in Italy, but lack these extras.