In the Shadow of Women
53rd New York Film Festival
September 25 - October 11, 2015
The exquisite new film by the great Philippe Garrel is a close look at infidelity—not merely the fact of it, but the particular, divergent ways in which it’s experienced and understood by men and women. An NYFF53 selection.
The new film by the great Philippe Garrel is a close look at infidelity—not merely the fact of it, but the particular, divergent ways in which it’s experienced and understood by men and women. Stanislas Merhar and Clotilde Courau are Pierre and Manon, a married couple working in fragile harmony on Pierre’s documentary film projects, the latest of which is a portrait of a resistance fighter (Jean Pommier). When Pierre takes a lover (Lena Paugam), he feels entitled to do so, and he treats both wife and mistress with disengagement bordering on disdain; when Manon catches Pierre in the act, her immediate response is to find common ground with her husband. Garrel is an artist of intimacies and emotional ecologies, and with In the Shadow of Women he has added narrative intricacy and intrigue to his toolbox. The result is an exquisite jewel of a film. An NYFF53 selection. A Distrib Films release.
A deeply felt infidelity drama shot through with irony.
—Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter
Garrel captures creative and erotic passions with a spontaneous classicism and a monumental poise.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker
Garrel's vibrant black-and-white character study is a throwback to the Nouvelle Vague French films of the 1960s.
—Paul Ennis, NOW Toronto
Evokes the world of Eric Rohmer and Francois Truffaut."
—Allen Hunter, Screen International
Captures so much, in so little time.
—Jeff Reichert, Reverse Shot
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