Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Pawel Pawlikowski’s The Woman in the Fifth

#45. The Woman in the Fifth

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Producers: Haut et Court
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: The screenplay is written by Pawel Pawlikowski based on the novel by Douglas Kennedy, American writer Tom Ricks (Hawke) comes to Paris desperate to put his life together again and win back the love of his estranged wife and daughter. When things don’t go according to plan, he ends up in a shady hotel in the suburbs, having to work as a night guard to make ends meet. Then Margit, a beautiful, mysterious stranger walks into his life and things start looking up. Their passionate and intense relationship triggers a string of inexplicable events… as if an obscure power was taking control of his life.….(more)

Cast: Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas

List Worthy Reasons…: We were faced with a drought from this filmmaker so our anticipation levels are at a higher level than norm as he only has a pair of completed films to show for in the past decade: the gritty sophomore film Last Resort and his moody and lush 2004 film, My Summer of Love – which also happens to be a book adaptation such as this project. I’m hoping that the paired actors in Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas can belt out some fine performances, if so we might find this on the Croisette.

Release Date/Status?: Cannes seems like a good bet. Release in the U.K and France for sure, domestic pick-up certain but it depends on who is hosting the film on this side of the Atlantic.