IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN

L'OMBRE DES FEMMES

By Philippe GARREL

POTENTIAL FILMS P/L - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD

Drama - Completed 2015


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Cannes 2015
Quinzaine
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 73 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Philippe GARREL
    • Writer(s)
    • Jean-Claude CARRIERE
    • Producer(s)
    • Said BEN SAID (SBS productions), Michel MERKT (SBS PRODUCTIONS)
    • Synopsis
    • Pierre and Manon make low-budget documentaries and live off odd jobs. When Pierre meets a young trainee, Elisabeth, she becomes his mistress. But Pierre doesn't want to leave Manon - he wants to keep both women

      Elisabeth discovers that Manon also has a lover, and tells Pierre who begins to spy on Manon. Pierre returns to Manon, the woman he truly loves. Feeling betrayed, he begs her, neglecting Elisabeth…
      Pierre cannot help himself from tormenting Manon and she eventually discovers his affair with Elisabeth causing a rift between them.