The Woman in the Fifth

The Woman in the Fifth

5.2IMDb Score
Released:2011-09-11
Duration:84 min
Director:Paweł Pawlikowski
Actors:Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, Delphine Chuillot
Production:Haut et Court, Film4 Productions, SPI International, The Bureau

Overview:

An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.

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