Product Information
Pawel Pawlikowski's adaptation of Douglas Kennedy's book, THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH stars Ethan Hawke as down-on-his-luck American writer Tom Ricks, who moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter. Tom also has dreams of living the life of a bohemian Parisian novelist, but the reality is rather more mundane. Things take a dramatic turn, however, when he meets and is seduced by a mysterious widow called Margit (Kristin Scott Thomas), a woman with a mysterious and possibly deadly past.Product Identifiers
ProducerCaroline Benjo, Carole Scotta
EAN5021866601304
eBay Product ID (ePID)111464055
Product Key Features
ActorKristin Scott-Thomas, Ethan Hawke, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi
Film/TV TitleThe Woman in the Fifth
DirectorPawel Pawlikowski
LanguageEnglish\French
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time84 Mins
Release Year2012
FormatDVD
FeaturesThe making of THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH\Theatrical trailer\Original French language and dubbed English language versions, With Subtitles
GenreThriller, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureFrance
ComposerMax de Wardener
Additional InformationA writer stranded in Paris falls into a strange relationship with a mysterious woman in this drama from writer and director Pawel Pawlikowski. Tom Ricks (Ethan Hawke) is an American novelist who has been wrestling with writers' block since the publication of his first book. Tom is married to Nathalie (Delphine Chuillot) but their relationship has taken a turn for the worse, and when she goes home to France with their daughter Chloe (Julie Papillon) in tow, Tom flies out in hopes of reconciling with her. However, Tom is robbed shortly after arriving, and is stuck with no money and nowhere to go. Tom is befriended by Sezer (Samir Guesmi), who gives him a job as a night watchman and a room in a cheap hotel, but for all his generosity, Tom isn't sure he trusts his benefactor. Tom meets Margit (Kristin Scott Thomas), a beautiful woman with a literary bent, and ends up spending the night with her. But what begins as a passing fling takes on a more sinister cast as Margit sends Tom through a series of increasingly bizarre experiences in the interest of reawakening his muse.
Reviewslittlewhitelies.co.uk - HawkeÆs understated performance as the bespectacled author unwittingly plunged in to the murky Parisian underworld commands attention from the off, as does the intriguing premise, which maintains a credible and often deeply unsettling sense of dread., Slant Magazine - As in his previous features, Pawlikowski's own role behind the camera as a visitor results in fresh-eyed views of the area, from the Eiffel Tower glimpsed from the rooftop of a squalid lodge to the blood-crimson inside of a Fifth Arrondissement homeùcontrasting worlds uneasily navigated by the alienated, increasingly anxious protagonist.
ScreenwriterPawel Pawlikowski, Douglas Kennedy
Dubbing LanguagesEnglish
CinematographerRyszard Lenczewski
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorDavid Charap
Movie/TV TitleThe Woman In The Fifth
Consumer AdviceContains strong language and infrequent gory images