''Sibyl'' is a 2019 French comedy-drama film directed by

Justine Triet Justine Triet (born 17 July 1978) is a French film director, screenwriter and editor. She is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. Her debut feature, ''Age of Panic'', was presented as part of the ACID programme at the 2 ...

and starring

Virginie Efira Virginie Efira (born 5 May 1977) is a Belgian actress and television presenter. Efira got her first leading role in the romantic comedy '' It Boy'' (2013). She subsequently received critical praise for her performance in the comedy drama ''In Be ...

, Adèle Exarchopoulos and

Gaspard Ulliel Gaspard Thomas Ulliel (; 25 November 198419 January 2022) was a French actor. He was known for having portrayed the young Hannibal Lecter in ''Hannibal Rising'' (2007), fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the biopic '' Saint Laurent'' (201 ...

, in his final film to be released theatrically during his lifetime. It was selected to compete for the

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

at the

2019 Cannes Film Festival The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film ''Parasite'', directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became t ...

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.

Cast

as Sybil * Adèle Exarchopoulos as Margot Vasilis *

as Igor Maleski * Sandra Hüller as Mikaela "Mika" Sanders *

Laure Calamy Laure Calamy (born March 22, 1975) is a César Award-winning French film, TV and theatre actress best known for her roles in '' Call My Agent!'' and ''My Donkey, My Lover & I''. Early life Born in 1975, Calamy is the daughter of a psychologist a ...

as Édith * Niels Schneider as Gabriel *

Paul Hamy Paul Hamy (born 7 January 1982) is a French actor and model. He started his career early as a model, working for Elite Model Management Elite Model Management (MM) refers to two independent chain modeling agencies that originated as one in Par ...

as Étienne * 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 Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

, in studios located in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

and on the Italian island of

Stromboli Stromboli ( , ; scn, Struògnuli ) is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing Mount Stromboli, one of the four active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sici ...

Reception

''Sibyl'' received mixed reviews from critics.

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wan ...

gives the film a score of , with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "Intriguing yet uneven, ''Sibyl'' is just about held together by its leads, but too often pits great performances against frustrating filmmaking."

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibyl 2019 films 2019 comedy-drama films 2010s French-language films Belgian comedy-drama films Films about actors Films directed by Justine Triet Films set in Paris Films set in Sicily Films shot in Normandy Films shot in Paris Films shot in Sicily French comedy-drama films French-language Belgian films 2010s French films