Ismael's Ghosts (2018)
Ismael's Ghosts
”A filmmaker's life is turned upside down by the return of a former lover during the shoot of his new film.”
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Arnaud Desplechin (director of ‘Three Memories of My Youth’ and ‘A Christmas Tale’) returns with this mix of drama, romance and thriller starring Marion Cotillard (from ‘Inception’), Mathieu Amalric (‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’) and Charlotte Gainsbourg (‘Antichrist’ and ‘Nymphomaniac’). A complex movie that split critics, recommended for lovers of deep characters and French dramas.
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The story follows a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
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