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In the Shadow of Women

Original title: L'ombre des femmes
  • 20152015
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 13m
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6.5/10
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In the Shadow of Women (2015)
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Pierre and Manon are a pair of poor documentary makers, who scrape by with odd jobs. When Pierre meets young trainee Elisabeth, he falls for her, but wants to keep Manon at the same time. Bu... Read allPierre and Manon are a pair of poor documentary makers, who scrape by with odd jobs. When Pierre meets young trainee Elisabeth, he falls for her, but wants to keep Manon at the same time. But the new girl in his life finds out that Manon has a lover. When she tells Pierre, the ti... Read allPierre and Manon are a pair of poor documentary makers, who scrape by with odd jobs. When Pierre meets young trainee Elisabeth, he falls for her, but wants to keep Manon at the same time. But the new girl in his life finds out that Manon has a lover. When she tells Pierre, the time comes for difficult decisions all round.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
63,494
5,877
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    • Director
      • Philippe Garrel
    • Writers
      • Jean-Claude Carrière(scenario)
      • Caroline Deruas-Garrel(scenario)
      • Arlette Langmann(scenario)
    • Stars
      • Clotilde Courau
      • Stanislas Merhar
      • Lena Paugam
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Philippe Garrel
    • Writers
      • Jean-Claude Carrière(scenario)
      • Caroline Deruas-Garrel(scenario)
      • Arlette Langmann(scenario)
    • Stars
      • Clotilde Courau
      • Stanislas Merhar
      • Lena Paugam
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 6User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations

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    Clotilde Courau and Stanislas Merhar in In the Shadow of Women (2015)
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    Philippe Garrel in In the Shadow of Women (2015)
    Stanislas Merhar in In the Shadow of Women (2015)
    Stanislas Merhar and Lena Paugam in In the Shadow of Women (2015)
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    Clotilde Courau and Stanislas Merhar in In the Shadow of Women (2015)
    Clotilde Courau in In the Shadow of Women (2015)
    Lena Paugam in In the Shadow of Women (2015)
    Clotilde Courau and Stanislas Merhar in In the Shadow of Women (2015)

    Top cast

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    Clotilde Courau
    Clotilde Courau
    • Manon
    Stanislas Merhar
    Stanislas Merhar
    • Pierre
    Lena Paugam
    Lena Paugam
    • Elisabeth
    Vimala Pons
    Vimala Pons
    • Lisa
    Antoinette Moya
    • La mère de Manon
    Jean Pommier
    • Henri, le vieux résistant
    Thérèse Quentin
    • La femme d'Henri
    Mounir Margoum
    Mounir Margoum
    • L'amant de Manon
    Claude Desmecht
    • Le propriétaire
    Christian Cousquer
    • L'homme du marché
    Michel Charrel
    • L'homme de l'enterrement
    Louis Garrel
    Louis Garrel
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Suzanne Szerman
    Jean Masini
    Robert Rotsztein
    Angélique Zaïni
    • Voix femme dans la cour
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Philippe Garrel
    • Writers
      • Jean-Claude Carrière(scenario) (dialogue)
      • Caroline Deruas-Garrel(scenario) (dialogue)
      • Arlette Langmann(scenario) (dialogue)
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    User reviews6

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    Top review
    1/10
    Another (mucus) film that lauds itself for male bashing
    Effusing from the bottom of a toilet reeks another braindead simplistic dichotomy of woman=good/man=bad gender feminist nonsense, which at this point is fast getting stale.

    The male and female characters are simply poured into a pre-made mold and are scraped out without any trimming along the edges (though this movie and its lame characters have no edge whatsoever). The male protagonist is, of course, depicted as an insensitive and egotistical boar, while the female characters are, of course, (almost) flawless and infallible little angels, keeping with the now 30-some year long tradition in movies of presenting this mindnumbingly dumb, and destructive, false dichotomy. Apparently though, this dichotomy flies over the empty heads of the director, writers, and probably most of the (gracefully) few viewers of this movie. If the people who watched this actually knew better, they'd be insulted by this assault on their intelligence and dignity, especially male viewers but any female viewer too who dislikes mindlessly simplistic reductions of who she is as a woman, or maybe just maybe might have an ounce of respect for the men and boys in her life and what the culture is telling them (to hate themselves and regard women as better).

    Ironic that a movie thinking it's fighting sexism and doing a good thing to, yet again, prioritize women over men and show the poor little ladies as both the victims and victors of the of big bad men, utterly and miserably fails to see its own sexism in presenting this peabrained sexist duelism of man=bad/woman=good. It also fails utterly and miserably in its own total lack of creative bravery, intelligence, and invention.

    Truly great movies of the present and in the future will end this misandric outlook, and movies will not have to be either anti-woman or anti-man.
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    • Sheldonshells
    • Sep 6, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 2015 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • French production's official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • A la sombra de las mujeres
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • SBS Productions
      • Arte France Cinéma
      • Close Up Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $50,291
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,431
      • Jan 17, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $152,802
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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