The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

Original title

La femme du Vème

Directed by

Paweł Pawlikowski

Genre

drama film, mystery film

Country

United Kingdom, France, Poland

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

R

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 122 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A divorced American writer moves to Paris to be near his daughter. He starts an affair with a mysterious widow, but a dark force begins to take over his life.

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What happens

The Woman in the Fifth (French: La femme du Vème) is a 2011 French-British-Polish drama film directed and written by Paweł Pawlikowski. Adapted from Douglas Kennedy's 2007 novel of the same name, the film centers on a divorced American writer (Ethan Hawke) who moves to Paris to be closer to his young daughter. As he embarks on an affair with a mysterious widow (Kristin Scott Thomas), a dark force seems to be taking control of his life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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