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Directed by | Justine Triet |
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Cinematography | Simon Beaufils[1] |
Edited by | Laurent Sénéchal[1] |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
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Language | French[1] |
Budget | €6.6 million[4] ($7.2 million) |
Box office | $2.9 million[5] |
Sibyl is a 2019 comedy-drama film directed by Justine Triet from a screenplay she co-wrote with Arthur Harari, and starring Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Gaspard Ulliel, in his final film to be released theatrically during his lifetime.[6] The film is a co-production between France and Belgium and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[7]
Sibyl is a psychotherapist who returns to her first passion: writing. Her newest patient, Margot, is a troubled up-and-coming actress, who proves to be too tempting a source of inspiration. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot's tumultuous life.[1]
Filming took place in Paris, in studios located in Lyon and on the Italian island of Stromboli.[8]
Sibyl received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 57% based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Intriguing yet uneven, Sibyl is just about held together by its leads, but too often pits great performances against frustrating filmmaking."[9]
AlloCiné, a French cinema site, gave the film an average rating of 3.7/5, based on a survey of 23 French reviews.[10]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Justine Triet | Nominated | [7] |
Philadelphia Film Festival | Best Narrative Feature | Nominated | [11] |