The Writer/Director: Sande Zeig
Sande Zeig's first short film Central Park (produced in association with Good Machine, Inc.) was presented in over 30 film festivals, including Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, Locarno, Rio de Janeiro and Taipei. Central Park was broadcast on Canal+ (France) and SBS (Australia). The Girl is her feature film debut. Zeig worked for many years in theater as an actor, writer and producer, where her credits include the New York Equity Showcase of Behind the Heart, an adaptation of Djuna Barnes' stories, the Paris premiere of The Constant Journey, written and co-directed by Monique Wittig, and the New York production of Impersonators, a one-person show. Zeig has been an artist in residence at Goddard College and the University of Wisconsin as well as a MacDowell Colony Fellow. She has received a California Council for the Arts' Artist in Residence grant, an Astraea Foundation grant and an Art Matters Fellowship. Zeig is President of Artistic License Films, a New York based distributor of independent film.

The Co-Writer: Monique Wittig
Monique Wittig received the Prix Medicis for her first book, The Opoponax. Her other books include Les Guerillères, The Lesbian Body, Across the Acheron, The Straight Mind and Other Essays, Paris-la-Politique, and with Sande Zeig, Lesbian Peoples: Material For a Dictionary and the play, The Constant Journey. Wittig's works have been translated into a dozen languages from their original French. Her work has secured increasing critical and theoretical interest, and is the subject of a book, several hundred articles, and several doctoral dissertations. Wittig is a Professor in the department of Women's Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson. The Girl is based on her first fiction written in English, also titled The Girl.

The Producer: Dolly Hall
Named as "Producer to Watch" by Variety. Hall began her producing career in 1990 and went on to Line Produce the 1993 Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear winner The Wedding Banquet, directed by Ang Lee. Hall's other producing credits include such award-winning films as The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, Siao Yu, johns. All Over Me, Eye of God, High Art, 54 and Wirey Spindell. In 1999, Greenestreet Films tapped Hall to head its Digital Film Division. The first digital feature under DFD's banner, entitled Famous, which was directed by Griffin Dunne and produced by Mira Sorvino and Hall, was an official selection of the 2000 Cannes International Film Festival. As of July 2000, Hall resumed her duties as President of dollface, inc. She is currently executive producing Fisher Steven's Still A Kiss, and Jesse Peretz, The Inherited Château.

The Editors: Geraldine Peroni
Geraldine Peroni has been a long-time collaborator with Robert Altman. In addition to Dr. T and the Women, their films together include Vincent & Theo, Short Cuts, Ready to Wear, Kansas City, The Gingerbread Man, and The Player, for which Geraldine received an Academy Award Nomination for Best Editor. Peroni has also worked with directors Nora Ephron on Michael, Tom DiCillo on Johnny Suede and Tim Robbins on Cradle Will Rock. Most recently she edited Jesus’ Son based on the short stories of Denis Johnson and starring Billy Crudup.

Keiko Deguchi
Keiko Deguchi came to New York from Japan in 1985 to study cinema at NYU. She has been working in film editing since 1987, and has assisted on film by Robert Altman, Brian DePalma, Nora Ephron, Paul Shrader and Tom DiCillo. Her credits as an editor include DiCillo's The Real Blonde, Bette Gordon's Luminous Motion and Yoshifumi Hosoya's. Home Sweet Hoboken. She is currently editing Patrick Stettner's The Business of Strangers.

The Director of Cinematography: George Lechaptois
Chilean born cinematographer George Lechaptois, works in Paris in independent film and television. His feature film work includes Bourlem Guerdjou's Vivre au paradis, Naceaur Ktari's Sois mon Amie, Malik Chibane's De quelque part and Douce France, Francois Lunel's Heroji, Antoine Desrosiéres's A la belle etoile. His television work includes Baldipata: radio trottoir and Le serment de Baldipata for France 2.

The Music: Richard Robbins
Long known for his association with Merchant Ivory Productions, Richard Robbins has composed original sound tracks and created scores from period music for them for seventeen feature films including The Europeans, Quartet, Heat and Dust, A Room with a View, and Maurice. He also composed the scores for Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Jefferson in Paris. Robbins’ scores for Howard's End and Remains of the Day were both nominated for Academy Awards. In addition to the scores for The Proprietor and Surviving Picasso, Robbins has written the musical scores for A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, Place Vendôme, Cotton Mary and The Golden Bowl.

The Casting and Co-Producer: Claude Martin
Early in her career, Claude Martin was assitant casting director on Jean de Florette. Her recent casting work includes Medhi Charef's Au pays de Juliette, Marie France Pisier's The Governor's Ball, Prince's Under the Cherry Moon, Bourlem Guerdjou's Vivre au paradis, Arno Desplechin's Comment je me suis disputé ma vie sexuelle, Héléne Angel's prize winning Coeur d'homme, peau de bête. She was assistant to Kristin Scott Thomas on Robert Redford’s The Horse Whisperer. She is currently casting the new film by Rithy Pahn's Que la barque se brise. The Girl marks her first producer credit.

The Girl: Claire Keim
Claire Keim has been acting on stage, in movies and on French Television since 1990. Her film credits include Tonino Pulci's Donne in Bianco, Cristina Comencini's Mariages, Xavier Durringer’s J’irai au paradis car l’enfer est ici, Phillipe Haïm’s Barracuda, Alexandre Jardin’s Oui, Coline Serreau’s La Belle verte, Laurent Bénégui’s Au petit Marguery, Frédéric Darié’s Bout d’essai and Veit Helmer’s Tour Eiffel. Ms. Keim has also worked extensively in television and theater including the title role in the highly publicized and critically acclaimed Juliette for Jérôme Foulon which played on France’s TF1 to over 7 million viewers. Additional television credits include: L'Incrusté, Danse avec la mort, Highlander 2, Les Coeurs brulés, Appelle-moi par mon prénom, La Derniére fête, L’Explorateur, Unusual Suspects, Vérité Oblige No 2, and Chambre 13.

The Narrator: Agathe de la Boulaye
Agathe de la Boulaye developed her craft in the theater starring in such works as: Michel Mourlet's L'Epreuve du feu, Dominique Schneider's Gratin and Max Naldini's Chrysanthème ou le sang des fleurs; Henrik Ibsen's Un ennemi du peuple for director Jean-Luc Tardieu; and Robert Dhery's Branquignol for director Mathieu Mathelin. Her film credits include Jame's Ivory's Jefferson in Paris, René Mansor's Un amour de sorcière, Miriam Kruishop's Vive elle and The Days After, François Ruggieri's Hygiène de l'assassin and Claude Faraldo's Il. She also has numerous television credits including: L'Allée du roi, verdict "Crime d'amour", L'Homme de la loi, Les Grands enfants, La Femme du veuf, le crime, Stress and Highlander.

Bu Savé: Sandra N'Kake
Sandra N’Kake has built her resume in theater, on television, as a singer in both film and in theater, and recently in her acting feature debut for J.M. Longval et Smaïn in Les Deux papas et la maman.

The Man: Cyril Lecomte
Cyril Lecomte has an extensive theater, television and film resume which highlights the broad range of his talent. On stage he’s appeared as Aristophane in La Paix and as Molière in Le Tartuffe for Marcel Maréchal, as well as 300 Millions, Arlequin poli par l’amour, Les Libertins, Stand de tir and Atteinte à l’ordre. His film credits include Orlando, Le roi de Paris, Tu as des contacts dans le cinéma?, A fond la caisse, Cannes talent 98, Les Collègues and Peau d’homme, coeur de bête.

The Bartender: Ronald Guttman
Belgian-born Ronald Guttman has appeared in many Americn movies: TV & theatre productions while continuing to be cast in European projects. Film credits include "Hunt for Red October," "Avalon," "Green Card," "Danton" and Henry Bean's "Believer," (2001). TV roles range from "And the Band Played On" (HBO) to the NBC mini-series, "Beast." On stage Ronald has played leading roles at Circle in the Square, UBU Rep, Long Warf, Naked Angels and in Paris and Brussels.

A suspicious-looking Man, who seems to know The Girl, appears in the club. At first, The Painter watches The Man from a distance but later begins to follow him. While The Painter and The Girl engage in an ever more complex game of appearances, The Painter becomes aware that The Man is threatening The Girl.

Suddenly, The Girl disappears. The Painter looks everywhere, but cannot find her in the hotel, at the nightclub or on the streets of the city. Just when The Painter learns The Girl and The Man have left Paris together, The Girl reappears, looking more elegant than ever. The Man has an even more powerful presence.

The Painter goes to The Girl's hotel as she has so many times before. She finds The Man and The Girl together. Crushed, she runs out. She walks the streets. She paints obsessively. But she has to return to The Girl's hotel one more time. This time she discovers The Girl and The Man together again, but it will be for the last time.