Ismael's Ghosts
“The past never dies.”
Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his life is sent into a tailspin. His wife Carlotta, presumed dead for 20 years, come crashing back into his life creating chaos in his work and his current romantic relationship with the starry-eyed astronomer Sylvia.
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Cast
38 people
Mathieu Amalric
Ismaël Vuillard
Known for
Quantum of Solace
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Marion Cotillard
Carlotta Bloom
Known for
Contagion
Assassin's Creed
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Sylvia
Known for
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Melancholia
Louis Garrel
Ivan Dedalus
Known for
The Dreamers
An Officer and a Spy
Alba Rohrwacher
Arielle / Faunia
Known for
Perfect Strangers
My Brilliant Friend
Szabó László
Henri Bloom
Known for
Made in U.S.A
Le Petit Soldat
Hippolyte Girardot
Zwy
Known for
Irma Vep
Manon of the Spring
Jacques Nolot
Claverie
Known for
Under the Sand
Wild Reeds
Catherine Mouchet
Le médecin soins intensifs
Known for
The Specials
Reinventing Marvin
Samir Guesmi
Le médecin
Known for
The Returned
District B13
Mélodie Richard
Hôtesse de l'air
Known for
Lost and Found
Curiosa
Marc Prin
Jacques (Diplomate 1)
Known for
The Midwife
Arnaud Desplechin Director · Julie Peyr Writer Grégoire Hetzel Composer
Worldwide gross $3.1M · United States release March 23, 2018 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,075,562
Production
Why Not Productions
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Le Pacte
Production
Wild Bunch
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Les Fantômes d'Ismaël
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
Belgium · May 17, 2017
Theatrical
France · May 17, 2017
Theatrical
United States · March 23, 2018
Limited theatrical
United States
October 13, 2017 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
France
May 17, 2017 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Germany
July 23, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Munich International Film Festival
February 15, 2023 · TV · ARTE
Ireland
June 1, 2018 · Digital
Italy
April 25, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
October 28, 2017 · Digital
Netherlands
May 17, 2017 · Limited theatrical
Romania
September 28, 2018 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 1, 2018 · Theatrical
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