Ismael's Ghosts Les fantômes d'Ismaël

Arnaud Desplechin / France / 2017 / 135 min / French

A hynotic, impulsive and multifaceted portrait of a director haunted by the ghosts of his past.

festivals, awards Cannes Film Festival 2017.

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Ismael Vuillard is a director in the midst of making a film about Ivan, an unusual diplomat inspired by his brother. Together with Bloom, his father-in-law and mentor, Ismael continues to mourn the death of his wife Carlotta after twenty years. But when Ismael forges a new life with partner Sylvia, Carlotta suddenly returns from the dead…

Arnaud Desplechin's virtuosic narrative offers a hynotic, impulsive and multifaceted portrait of a director haunted by the ghosts of his past. Opening film at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

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