Sibyl (2019 film)

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]

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]

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]