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Ismael's Ghosts

Ismael's Ghosts

2017 · 114 min · FR · R · 5.5 (193 votes)
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · Starring Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Louis Garrel, Alba Rohrwacher, Szabó László · Music Grégoire Hetzel

“The past never dies.”

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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.

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A disorienting dive into the mind of a filmmaker grappling with past specters and present obsessions. It's a labyrinthine, dreamlike experience that blurs the lines between reality and delusion, leaving you questioning everything.

melancholicunsettlingsurrealintrospectiveslow-burnarthousepsychological dramametafictionEuropean cinemaart vs. lifeobsessionmemoryloss
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