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