In the Shadow of Women

Exudes the narrative terseness of a good short story and the lucid craftsmanship of a filmmaker in full command of the medium.
-- Scott Foundas, Variety

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In the Shadow of Women

Stanislas Merhar and Clotilde Courau are Pierre and Manon, a married couple working in fragile harmony on Pierre’s documentary film projects, the latest of which is a portrait of a resistance fighter (Jean Pommier). When Pierre takes a lover (Lena Paugam), he feels entitled to do so, and he treats both wife and mistress with disengagement bordering on disdain; when Manon catches Pierre in the act, her immediate response is to find common ground with her husband. Filmmaker Philippe Garrel is an artist of intimacies and emotional ecologies, and with In the Shadow of Women he has added narrative intricacy and intrigue to his toolbox.


AWARDS AND FESTIVALS

CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – Directors’ Fortnight
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
AFI FEST – Los Angeles
Not Rated
Genre
Drama
Runtime
73
Language
French
Director
Philippe Garrel
Cast
Stanislas Merhar, Jean Pommier
FEATURED REVIEW
http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/in-the-shadow-of-women

In Philippe Garrel’s new drama, the clenched anguish of dual romantic triangles is raised to lyrical grandeur by an infusion of art and history. A thirtysomething couple in Paris, Pierre (Stanislas Merhar) and Manon (Clotilde Courau), share poverty in harmony; Pierre is a documentary filmmaker ...

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