Sibyl (2019)

A jaded psychotherapist returns to her first passion of becoming a writer.

Director:

Justine Triet

Writers:

Arthur Harari (screenplay), David H. Pickering (English dialogue)

Stars:

Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gaspard Ulliel

3 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Virginie Efira	...	Sibyl (le psychothérapeute)
Adèle Exarchopoulos	...	Margot Vasilis (le actrice)
Gaspard Ulliel	...	Igor (amant de Margot)
Sandra Hüller	...	Mika (le réalisateur)
Laure Calamy	...	Edith (soeur de Sybil)
Niels Schneider	...	Gabriel (amant de Sibyl)
Paul Hamy	...	Etienne (mari de Sybil)
Arthur Harari	...	Katz (le docteur)
Adrien Bellemare	...	Daniel (enfant patient)
Jeane Arra-Bellanger	...	Selma (fille aînée de Sybil) (as Jeane Ara Bellanger)
Liv Harari	...	Livia (fille cadette de Sybil)
Lorenzo Lefèbvre	...	Galotin (assistant de Mika)
Aurélien Bellanger	...	L'éditeur
Philip Vormwald	...	Le patient quitté
Henriette Desjonquères	...	La meneuse AA

Storyline

A sly, sultry character study from filmmaker Justine Triet, SIBYL follows a psychotherapist (Virginie Efira) who decides to quit her practice and return to writing instead. As Sibyl starts dropping patients, she begins to struggle with excess time and a lack of inspiration--until she gets a call from Margot (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a young actress wrapped up in a dramatic affair with her costar, Igor (Gaspard Ulliel), who happens to be married to the film's director (Sandra Hüller). Becoming further enmeshed in Margot's life, Sibyl starts to blur past and present, fiction with reality, and the personal with the professional as she begins to use Margot's life as source material for her novel.

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Plot Keywords:

nudity | female nudity | bare breasts | sex scene | one word title | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

French visa # 148516.

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Connections

References Dirty Dancing (1987)

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Soundtracks

La rua Madureira
Written by Nino Ferrer
(1969)

User Reviews

An ersatz of Providence

The trailer was classically misleading. I did not expect a pale remake of Providence (1977) directed by Alain Resnais.

In short: 1) Sibyl has a few undisclosed skeletons in the closet and manages them while drinking abusively. 2) Sibyl is a shrink and the border between her private life and her professional life does not exist. 3) Sibyl is a writer and she draws inspiration from her own surroundings. Thus, given these three points, fiction and reality are quickly confused, for Sibyl first and for the audience even more.

Although the actresses Sandra Hüller and Adèle Exarchopoulos are outstanding, this story of a lost woman suffering of emotional distress is globally boring.

Details

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French English Italian

Release Date:

11 September 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sibyl

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,943,278

Company Credits

Production Co:

France 2 Cinéma, Les Films de Pierre, Page 114

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (as Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1