In the Shadow of Women to open the Directors’ Fortnight

15/04/2015 - Philippe Garrel’s new film will kick off Cannes’ famous parallel section on 14 May

In the Shadow of Women by Philippe Garrel

Present at the very first Directors’ Fortnight in 1969 with The Virgin’s Bed, French filmmaker Philippe Garrel will now open the 47th Directors’ Fortnight (which will unspool from 14-24 May as part of the 68th Cannes Film Festival) with his new movie, In the Shadow of Women [+see also:
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Starring Stanislas Merhar, Clotilde Courau, Lena Paugam, Vimala Pons, Mounir Margoum, Jean Pommier, Thérèse Quentin and Antoinette Moya, In the Shadow of Women was produced by Saïd Ben Saïd for SBS Films. Co-produced by Arte France Cinéma and Swiss outfit Close Up Films, the feature benefited from support from the CNC’s advance on receipts. SBS Films will distribute the title in French theatres from 27 May.

Philippe Garrel (65) has been selected six times in competition at Venice, with I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar (Silver Lion in 1991), Night Wind in 1999, Wild Innocence in 2001, Regular Lovers [+see also:
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