Personal Shopper

Personal Shopper
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOlivier Assayas
Written byOlivier Assayas
Produced byCharles Gillibert
Starring
CinematographyYorick Le Saux
Edited byMarion Monnier
Music bySebastien Pan
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • The Searchers (Belgium)
  • Artcam Films (Czech Republic)
  • Les Films du Losange (France)
  • Weltkino Filmverleih (Germany)
Release dates
  • 17 May 2016 (2016-05-17) (Cannes)
  • 14 December 2016 (2016-12-14) (Belgium and France)
  • 19 January 2017 (2017-01-19) (Germany)
  • 27 April 2017 (2017-04-27) (Czech Republic)
Running time
106 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Germany
  • Czech Republic
  • Belgium
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Swedish
Box office$2.7 million[1]

Personal Shopper is a 2016 supernatural psychological thriller film written and directed by Olivier Assayas.[2] The film stars Kristen Stewart as a young American woman in Paris who works as a personal shopper for a celebrity and tries to communicate with her deceased twin brother.

An international co-production of Belgium, Czech Republic, France, and Germany,[3] the film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[4][5] At Cannes, Assayas shared the Best Director Award with Cristian Mungiu, who directed Graduation.[6] The film was released on 14 December 2016 in France and 10 March 2017 in the United States. It received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise for Stewart's performance.

  1. ^ "Personal Shopper". The Numbers. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  2. ^ Scott, A. O. (9 March 2017). "Review: Kristen Stewart Is Entrancing as a Haunted 'Personal Shopper'". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Personal Shopper. 2016. Directed by Olivier Assayas". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. ^ "2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup". IndieWire. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup". Variety. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Cannes Film Festival Winners: Palme d'Or to Ken Loach's 'I, Daniel Blake'". Deadline Hollywood. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.