Film: Seventh time unlucky for Desplechin

Welcome to the Desplechin Cinematic Universe: an interlocking chain of seven films from twinkling Gallic trickster Arnaud Desplechin, in which Mathieu Amalric plays a variation on the same character

Marion Cotillard and Mathieu Amalric in Ismaël’s Ghosts

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Ismaël’s Ghosts: Directed by Arnaud Desplechin, Selected, 15A,Rating:**

My Friend Dahmer: Directed by Marc Meyers, Nationwide, 15A,Rating:**

If Marvel can do it, why not a French auteur? Welcome to the Desplechin Cinematic Universe: an interlocking chain of seven films from twinkling Gallic trickster Arnaud Desplechin, in which Mathieu Amalric plays a variation on the same character – a skinny, shabby charmer bug-eyed with excited energy and haunted by the women who have ...