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]
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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] |
Plot
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]
Cast
- Virginie Efira as Sibyl
- Adèle Exarchopoulos as Margot Vasilis
- Gaspard Ulliel as Igor Maleski
- Sandra Hüller as Mikaela "Mika" Sanders
- Laure Calamy as Édith
- Niels Schneider as Gabriel
- Paul Hamy as Étienne
- Arthur Harari as Dr. Katz
- Adrien Bellemare as Daniel
- Jeanne Arra-Bellanger as Selma
- Liv Harari as Livia
- Lorenzo Lefebvre as Galotin
- Aurélien Bellanger as the editor
Production
Filming took place in Paris, in studios located in Lyon and on the Italian island of Stromboli.[8]
Reception
Sibyl received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 57% of 54 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Intriguing yet uneven, Sibyl is just about held together by its leads, but too often pits great performances against frustrating filmmaking."[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[10]
AlloCiné, a French cinema site, gave the film an average rating of 3.7/5, based on a survey of 23 French reviews.[11]
Awards and nominations
| 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 | [12] |
