Ismael's Ghosts

Ismael's Ghosts (2017)

Les Fantômes d'Ismaël

The past never dies.

Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his life is sent into a tailspin. His wife Carlotta, presumed dead for 20 years, come crashing back into his life creating chaos in his work and his current romantic relationship with the starry-eyed astronomer Sylvia.

Date of release
2017-05-17
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (194)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Director
Arnaud Desplechin

Casting

Interesting facts

Ismael's Ghosts 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.

Production

In Ismael's Ghosts, Mathieu Amalric portrays a recurring character named Ismaël Vuillard, who appeared in Arnaud Desplechin's Kings and Queen. The name of Marion Cotillard's character, Carlotta, derives from Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo. The title of the film is an homage to Norman Mailer's novel Harlot's Ghost. Bob Dylan's song It Ain't Me Babe was used in a scene from the film.

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