The Woman in the Fifth

The Woman in the Fifth (2011)

La femme du Vème

What you can not resist, you may not survive

An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.

Date of release
2011-09-11
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (125)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Paweł Pawlikowski

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Woman in the Fifth
  • Filmed in: Paris

The Woman in the Fifth is a 2011 French-British-Polish drama film directed and written by Paweł Pawlikowski. Adapted from Douglas Kennedy's 2007 novel of the same name, the film centers on a divorced American writer who moves to Paris to be closer to his young daughter. As he embarks on an affair with a mysterious widow, a dark force seems to be taking control of his life.

Production

The Woman in the Fifth was produced by Paris-based Haut Et Court with UK's Film4 Productions, and co-financed by the UK Film Council and SPI Poland.

Pawlikowski saw the film as "a story about a man torn between the need for family and stability and the need to be creative". In 2009, he approached Hawke to play the lead character while the actor was performing in a play at the Old Vic in London. Thomas was cast as the "woman in the Fifth" shortly afterward.

The filming took place in Paris from April to June 2010.

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