Arnaud Desplechin, director of Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian and a christmas tale, presents his new movie in Estonia starring his favorite actor, Mathieu Amalric, but also Charlotte Gainsbourg and the well-known Marion Cotillard. Ismael’s Ghosts has already received excellent reviews from French and European critics, praising the complex plot involving memories, madnesses and illusions.
SYNOPSIS : The film tells the tale of a widowed film director who is in the middle of making a film about an atypical diplomat inspired by his brother. While he has started a new life with Sylvia, he still mourns the death of a former lover, Carlotta, who passed away 20 years earlier. When Carlotta returns from the dead, and causes Sylvia to run away, he starts slowly to sink into madness.