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The Woman in the Fifth(La femme du Vème)

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France, Poland, United Kingdom · 2011
Rated R · 1h 24m
Director Paweł Pawlikowski
Starring Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Delphine Chuillot
Genre Thriller

In this thrilling mystery, a broke American writer moves to Paris to reconnect with his family. But when their reunion goes poorly, he finds himself working security for a seedy crime boss, writing long letters to his daughter, and beginning a romance with a potentially dangerous widow.

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Empire by

An ambitious thriller from Pawlikowski assisted by excellent performances from Hawke, Kulig and Scott Thomas.

60

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

This film has to be indulged a little, and you'll have to negotiate the stumbling block that is Hawke's stodgy, dodgy French accent.

70

Time by Richard Corliss

Accepting Pawlikowski's mood of poetic seriousness may be a chore for some. Others will find this creepy little sonata a dream or nightmare worth succumbing to, and believing in.

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The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

In spite of his considerable intelligence and cinematic gifts, Pawlikowski isn't Roman Polanski, so the delusions and psychosis of his put-upon lead character doesn't have the right intensity. Fifth feels like a literary bauble, chipped by imperfections.

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