Les Fantômes d'Ismaël

A shabby office in late September, the smell of stale coffee. A filmmaker’s half-finished script lies torn between two women—his wife who vanished decades ago and his lover now sharing his bed. Desplechin lets ghosts haunt the screen like unwanted guests.

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Arnaud Desplechin directed Les Fantômes d'Ismaël in 2017. See Arnaud Desplechin's full filmography, where to start with Arnaud Desplechin, or where to go after you've seen everything by Arnaud Desplechin.

Les Fantômes d'Ismaël was released in 2017 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.