Ismael's Ghosts (2017)

Ismael's Ghosts is a French drama weaving love, memory, and identity together. It tells a fractured tale of a filmmaker haunted by his past. Arnaud Desplechin's puzzle-box structure gives both leading women plenty of room to unravel. Marion Cotillard plays the wife who returns from the dead. Her return upends everyone's lives around her. Charlotte Gainsbourg brings a quiet, wounded intensity as the woman left picking up the pieces. Their tangled dynamic fuels much of the film's emotional heat. It spills into some genuinely bared moments on screen. The site hosts 5 scene clips pulled from the film. These mix nude and sex scenes from both actresses. It's a rare chance to see two of French cinema's most respected names. They shed their guard along with their clothes.