While features among Cannes’ sidebar Directors’ Fortnight might not get the immediate attention when compared to those in the competition line-up, there’s always more than a few gems. This year, Philippe Garrel‘s latest feature, In the Shadow of Women, premiered there and it was one of our favorites of the festival. Following a married couple living in a run-down Parisian apartment and struggling along as documentary filmmakers, it recently stopped by NYFF and today we have the U.S. trailer and poster ahead of a release early next year.
We said in our review, “While fitting snugly in the overall cohesiveness of Philippe Garrel’s filmography, In the Shadow of Women nevertheless feels like a companion piece to its predecessor, the 2013 critical hit Jealousy. Garrel’s latest is also shot in black-and-white, kept within a similarly svelte running time (73 minutes), and its pared-down story of marital infidelity again takes the jealousy intrinsic to adult relationships as its primary theme.”
Check out the U.S. trailer and poster below for the film starring Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau and Lena Paugam.
Pierre and Manon are poor. They make documentary films without a cent and they get by with odd jobs. Pierre meets a young intern, Elisabeth and she becomes his mistress. But Pierre doesn’t want to leave Manon for Elisabeth – he wants to keep them both. One day Elisabeth, Pierre’s young mistress, discovers that Manon, Pierre’s wife, has a lover. And she tells Pierre. Pierre’s attention turns back to Manon because she’s the one he loves. And because he feels betrayed, he beseeches Manon and neglects Elisabeth. Manon breaks it off with her lover right away. There’s a good chance that’s because she truly loves Pierre.
In the Shadow of Women will be released in early 2016.