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Personal Shopper (Original title)
Date: 2016 (Release)

Countries: France, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium

Director: Olivier Assayas

Synopsis: Maureen Cartwright, a young American woman living in Paris, is employed as a personal shopper for Kyra, a demanding celebrity who works in the fashion industry. Maureen believes that she may have the psychic ability to communicate with spirits and after becoming bored and frustrated by her job, she only remains in France in an attempt to reach the spirit of Lewis, her recently deceased twin brother who was also a medium. As time goes by, contact looks increasingly unlikely, until Maureen begins to receive mysterious and taunting text messages from an unknown source.

Genres:
Drama, Thriller, Horror

Subjects:
Spiritualism, Homicide, Fashion, Bereavement
Releases
Date: 10 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 105 mins Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): French / Subtitles: English
Date: 14 December 2016Country: FranceRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 110 mins Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): French / Subtitles: French
Date: 17 March 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 105 mins 12 secs - Dialogue (original): English / Dialogue (original): French / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: Icon Film Distribution

Credits (69)
©: CG Cinéma, ©: Vortex Sutra, ©: DETAiLFILM, ©: Sirena Film, ©: ARTE France Cinéma, ©: ARTE Deutschland, ©: WDR, A co-production with: CG Cinéma, A co-production with: Vortex Sutra, A co-production with: DETAiLFILM, A co-production with: Sirena Film, A co-production with: ARTE France Cinema, A co-production with: Arte Deutschland, WDR, With the participation of: ARTE France, With the participation of: Arte Deutschland, With the participation of: WDR, With the participation of: Canal+, Ciné+, Produced with the support of: Czech Minority Coproduction Fund, Produced with the support of: Belgian Federal Government via SCOPE Invest, Belgian Federal Government via SCOPE Invest, Presents: CG Cinéma, [Presented] with: Vortex Sutra, [Presented] with: Sirena Film, [Presented] with: DETAiLFILM, [Presented] with: ARTE France Cinéma, [Presented] with: ARTE Deutschland, WDR, [Presented] with the participation of: ARTE France, [Presented] with the participation of: ARTE Deutschland, [Presented] with the participation of: WDR, [Presented] with the participation of: Canal+, Ciné+, [London] Production Services Provided by: Poisson Rouge Pictures Ltd, International Sales: MK2, Produced by: Charles Gillibert, Co-produced by: Fabian Gasmia, Artemio Benki, Line Producer: Sylvie Barthet, Line Producer: Christopher Granier-Deferre, [Production Executive]: Olivier Père, Rémi Burah, Production Manager: Rob Watson, Accountant: Andrew Georgiou, Unit Manager: Mark 'Spike' Davies, Location Manager: Lex Donovan, 1st Assistant Director: Dominique Delany, 3rd Assistant Director: Matt Busson, Script Supervisor: Christelle Meaux, Casting: Antoinette Boulat, Written by: Olivier Assayas, Director of Photography: Yorick Le Saux, Visual Effects Supervisor: Anthony Lestremeau, [Visual Effects]: Motion Partners Belgium, [Visual Effects]: Motion Partners France, La Maison, Editor: Marion Monnier, Production Designer: François-Renaud Labarthe, Costume Designer: Jürgen Doering, Make-up Artist: Thi Than Tu Nguyen, Special Effects Make-up: Emmanuel Pitois, Hairstylist: Morgane Bernhard, Credits: Charlotte Bayle, Sound: Nicolas Cantin, Sound: Nicolas Moreau, Sound: Olivier Goinard, Olivier Assayas wishes to thank: Mia Hansen-Løve
Cast (30)
Kristen Stewart (Maureen Cartwright), Lars Eidinger (Ingo), Sigrid Bouaziz (Lara), Anders Danielsen Lie (Erwin), Ty Olwin (Gary), Hammou Graïa (detective), Nora von Waldstätten (Kyra), Benjamin Biolay (Victor Hugo), Audrey Bonnet (Cassandre), Pascal Rambert (Jérôme), Aurélia Petit (Chanel PR), Olivia Ross (London fashion house PR), Thibault Lacroix (Paris fashion house PR), Calypso Valois (photoshoot assistant), Benoit Peverelli (photographer), Dan Belhassen (cardiologist), Léo Haidar (Kyra’s lawyer), Mickaël Laplack (hotel receptionist), Vianney Duault (Cartier sales assistant), Célia Ouallouche (Louboutin receptionist), Khaled Rawahi (driver in Oman), Julie Rouart (shop assistant), Monika Bastova (Mrs Hugo), Jakup Stritezsky (Adèle Hugo), Charles Gillibert (spiritist), Christina Konstantinidisova (Augustine Allix), David Bowles (Jules Allix), Natasa Novotna (ghost), Iris Müller-Westermann, Helmut Zander (Hilma af Klint expert)