La femme du Vème

"What you can not resist, you may not survive"

Nov 16 2011 R 1h 24m
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.

Plot

American writer Tom Ricks (Ethan Hawke) comes to Paris desperate to put his life together again and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter. When things don't go according to plan, he ends up in a shady hotel in the suburbs, having to work as a night guard to make ends meet. Then Margit (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas), a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into his life and things start looking up. Their passionate and intense relationship triggers a string of inexplicable events, as if an obscure power was taking control of his life.

Written by

Douglas Kennedy, Pawel Pawlikowski

Directed by

Pawel Pawlikowski

Production Countries

Poland, United Kingdom, France

Production Companies

Haut et Court, UK Film Council, SPI International, The Bureau, Artificial Eye, Memento Films International, Coficup, Backup Media, Soficinéma 6, Film4 Productions, Canal+, OCS

Languages

Français, English

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
7,413
Average Rating
5.3 out of 10
Metascore
57
Popularity
NA