Sibyl (2019 film)

Sibyl
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Justine Triet
Written by	Justine Triet[1] Arthur Harari[1]
Produced by	David Thion[1] Philippe Martin[1]
Starring	Virginie Efira Adèle Exarchopoulos Gaspard Ulliel Sandra Hüller Laure Calamy Niels Schneider Paul Hamy Arthur Harari
Cinematography	Simon Beaufils[1]
Edited by	Laurent Sénéchal[1]
Production companies	Les Films Pelléas[1] France 2 Cinéma[1] Les Films de Pierre[1] Page 114[1] Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma[1] Scope Pictures[1]
Distributed by	Le Pacte (France)[1] Telescope (Belgium)[1]
Release dates	24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) (Cannes)[2] 24 May 2019 (2019-05-24) (France and Belgium)[1]
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Countries	France[3] Belgium[3]
Language	French[1]
Budget	€6.6 million[4] ($7.2 million)
Box office	$2.9 million[5]

Sibyl is a 2019 comedy-drama film directed by Justine Triet from a screenplay she co-wrote with Arthur Harari, and starring Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Gaspard Ulliel, in his final film to be released theatrically during his lifetime.[6] The film is a co-production between France and Belgium and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[7]

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.[1]

Cast

• Virginie Efira as Sibyl
• Adèle Exarchopoulos as Margot Vasilis
• Gaspard Ulliel as Igor Maleski
• Sandra Hüller as Mikaela "Mika" Sanders
• Laure Calamy as Édith
• Niels Schneider as Gabriel
• Paul Hamy as Étienne
• Arthur Harari 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, in studios located in Lyon and on the Italian island of Stromboli.[8]

Reception

Sibyl received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 57% of 54 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Intriguing yet uneven, Sibyl is just about held together by its leads, but too often pits great performances against frustrating filmmaking."[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[10]

AlloCiné, a French cinema site, gave the film an average rating of 3.7/5, based on a survey of 23 French reviews.[11]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2019	Cannes Film Festival	Palme d'Or	Justine Triet	Nominated	[7]
	Philadelphia Film Festival	Best Narrative Feature		Nominated	[12]

References

1. "Sibyl (2018)". Unifrance. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
2. "The Screenings Guide 2019". Cannes Film Festival. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
3. "Sibyl". Cineuropa. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
4. "Sibyl (2019)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
5. "Sibyl (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
6. "En images : Mort de Gaspard Ulliel, un visage d'ange au cinéma". 20 Minutes (in French). AFP. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
7. "Cannes festival 2019: full list of films". The Guardian. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
8. Lemercier, Fabien (29 October 2018). "A magnificent cast for Justine Triet's Sibyl". Cineuropa.
9. "Sibyl". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
10. "Sibyl". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
11. "Critiques Presse pour le film Sibyl". Allociné (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
12. "Sibyl". Philadelphia Film Society. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

External links

• Sibyl at IMDb