Ismaël's Ghosts
aka Les fantômes d'Ismaël First screened in May 2019
Director: Arnaud Desplechin. Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alba Rohrwacher, László Szabó, Hippolyte Girardot, Jacques Nolot, Catherine Mouchet, Samir Guesmi. Screenplay: Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr, and Léa Mysius. Twitter Capsule:
Semi-promising yarn about a lingering ex spirals and diffuses. Ultimately explores and embodies undisciplined art.
VOR:③
Desplechin's ambitions witih the form are never in question, even if his techniques (and their drawbacks) get more familiar from project to project.
