Ismael's Ghosts

Ismael's Ghosts
Film poster
FrenchLes fantômes d'Ismaël
Directed byArnaud Desplechin
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Pascal Caucheteux
  • Vincent Maraval
Starring
CinematographyIrina Lubtchansky
Edited byLaurence Briaud
Music byGrégoire Hetzel
Production
company
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures (United States)
Release date
  • 17 May 2017 (2017-05-17) (Cannes)
Running time
114 minutes
(Cannes cut)[1]
135 minutes
(director's cut)[2]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$3 million[3]

Ismael's Ghosts (French: Les Fantômes d'Ismaël) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin,[4] starring Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Louis Garrel, Alba Rohrwacher, László Szabó, and Hippolyte Girardot.[5] 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.[6] Ismael's Ghosts premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival as the opening film.[7][8]

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  3. ^ "Les Fantômes d'Ismaël (2017)". The Numbers. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. ^ Jagernauth, Kevin (3 May 2016). "Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Gainsbourg & Marion Cotillard Team For Arnaud Desplechin's Les Fantômes d'Ismaël". The Playlist. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ Scharres, Barbara (17 May 2017). "Cannes 2017: The Fest Opens with "Ismael's Ghosts," "Loveless"". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (26 May 2016). "Magnolia Acquires Arnaud Desplechin's 'Ismael's Ghosts'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ IANS (13 April 2017). "'Ismael's Ghosts' to open 70th edition of Cannes". Business Standard. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  8. ^ Alvarez, Joe; Orlova, Tamara (17 May 2017). "Celebrities and Glitterati Turn Up to the Opening Night of 70th Cannes Film Festival". Ikon London Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2018.