Ismael's Ghosts (2017)

Original title

Les Fantômes d'Ismaël

Directed by

Arnaud Desplechin

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 190 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker is preparing to direct a new movie when his wife returns after being missing for 20 years. Her reappearance throws his life and relationships into chaos.

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What happens

Ismael's Ghosts (French: Les Fantômes d'Ismaël) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Louis Garrel, Alba Rohrwacher, László Szabó, and Hippolyte Girardot. The film follows a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin, just as he is about to start shooting a new film, by the return of his wife, who disappeared 20 years ago and whom he thought dead. Ismael's Ghosts premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival as the opening film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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