In the Shadow of Women

In the Shadow of Women
Film poster
Directed by	Philippe Garrel
Produced by	Saïd Ben Saïd Michel Merkt
Written by	Philippe Garrel Jean-Claude Carrière Caroline Deruas-Garrel Arlette Langmann
Starring	Clotilde Courau Stanislas Merhar Lena Paugam
Music by	Jean-Louis Aubert
Cinematography	Renato Berta
Edited by	François Gédigier
Production company	BS Productions Arte France Cinéma Close Up Films Radio Télévision Suisse
Distributed by	SBS Distribution
Release dates	14 May 2015 (Cannes) 27 May 2015 (France)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	France Switzerland[1]
Language	French
Budget	€2.4 million[2]
Box office	$59,497[3]

In the Shadow of Women (French: L'Ombre des femmes)^[4] is a 2015 French-Swiss drama film directed by Philippe Garrel. It was selected to open the Director's Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.^[5]

Cast

• Clotilde Courau as Manon^[6]
• Stanislas Merhar as Pierre
• Lena Paugam as Elisabeth
• Vimala Pons as Lisa
• Mounir Margoum as Manon's lover
• Jean Pommier as Henri
• Thérèse Quentin as Henri's wife
• Antoinette Moya as Manon's mother
• Louis Garrel as Narrator

Reception

In the Shadow of Women received acclaim from film critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 91% approval rating, based on 11 reviews, with an average score of 6.9/10.^[7] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 75, based on 6 reviews.^[8] The film magazine Cahiers du cinéma ranked In the Shadow of Women as the third best of 2015.^[9]

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
Louis Delluc Prize[10]	Best Film		Nominated
Lumières Awards[11]	Best Director	Philippe Garrel	Nominated
	Best Actress	Clotilde Courau	Nominated

References

1. "Cannes Film Review: 'In the Shadow of Women'". Variety. 14 May 2015.
2. "L'Ombre des femmes". JP's Box-Office.
3. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intheshadowofwomen.htm
4. "Cannes: 'In the Shadow of Women' to Open Directors' Fortnight". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
5. "Philippe Garrel's "L'Ombre des femmes" to open the 47th annual Directors' Fortnight". Quinzane des Réalisateurs. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
6. "L'Ombre des femmes trailer: Stanislas Merhar and Clotilde Courau in the new Philippe Garrel". Allocine. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
7. "In The Shadow of Women". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
8. "In the Shadow of Women". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
9. "Le Top 10 des Cahiers". La Presse. 2 December 2015.
10. "Prix Louis-Delluc 2015 : découvrez les nominations". Télérama. 27 November 2015.
11. "Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations". AlloCiné. 4 January 2016.

External links

• In the Shadow of Women at the Internet Movie Database