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- Throughout “Ismael’s Ghosts,” Desplechin weaves in footage from that film-within-a-film, with Louis Garrel playing both the fictional, globe-trotting Ivan Dédalus and his real-life inspiration.
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Oct 15, 2017 · The director's cut of Ismael's Ghosts is structured around a mirroring of visitations. Ismael (Mathieu Amalric in a cannonball of a performance) is a film director. His wife Carlotta (Marion Cotillard) disappeared 20 years ago and has never been heard from again.
“Ismael’s Ghosts” is about things that are missing, whether it’s a lost love or a creative idea perilously out of one’s reach due to writer’s block. Both of these present problems for director Ismael Vuillard (Mathieu Amalric).
Sep 28, 2017 · This “Ivan” isn’t necessarily real, but a character in Ismael’s latest film, based on Ismael’s estranged and enigmatic brother of the same name. Ismael’s Ghosts opens with this film within a film, and as we eavesdrop on hushed conversations between besuited diplomats about a seemingly vanished super agent—and about whose past ...
Mar 23, 2018 · 'Ismael's Ghosts' gives Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg plum roles and turns French 'amour fou' story into a dense wild ride. Our rave review.
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Ismael's Ghosts: Directed by Arnaud Desplechin. With Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Louis Garrel. The story follows a filmmaker (Mathieu Amalric) whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover (Marion Cotillard as Carlotta) just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.
In fact, the only connection is that it’s supposed to be based on Ismael’s brother’s life as a diplomat and his involvement in spy shenanigans.
