Personal Shopper
An American in Paris: Maureen earns a living as an assistant and stylist for a first-tier celebrity named Kyra. Although her work is initially limited to picking up outfits for Kyra to wear to numerous galas, she quickly goes far beyond these boundaries-when her employer is away, she spends a night in her luxury apartment and tries on her fabulously expensive clothes. Maureen also has another, much darker secret: she is a gifted medium, and her arrival in France is not so much about earning money as it is about making contact with her dead twin brother, Lewis. After her acclaimed role in Sils Maria, which earned her a prestigious César, among other awards, Kristen Stewart once again appears in a film by French director Olivier Assayas. His project, which is a fairly unusual combination of genre cinema and a standard drama, slowly builds an atmosphere of horror only to later release all the tension with a surprisingly playful sense of humor. Apparently, even spirits can now use the latest technology..
awards
Cannes IFF 2016 – Best Director
Olivier Assayas
Born in Paris in 1955, Olivier Assayas is the son of screenwriter Jacques Rémy (whose real name was Raymond Assayas). It was at his father’s side that Olivier took his first steps in the industry while still a teenager. He began making his first short amateur films a little while later. At the same time, he launched his career as a film critic, writing for the famous Cahiers du cinéma. He made his full-length debut with Disorder in 1986. Since then, he has made a number of films that have ensured him a position as one of the most important directors in European cinema. His most acclaimed works include Irma Vep, Something in the Air (an award winner for best screenplay at the Venice Festival) and Clouds of Sils Maria.
Selected filmography
1986 Bezład / Désordre / Disorder
1989 Zimowe dziecko / L’enfant de l’hiver / Winter’s Child
1991 Paryż się budzi / Paris s’éveille / Paris Awakens
1993 Nowe życie / Une nouvelle vie / A New Life
1994 Zimna woda / L’eau froide / Cold Water
1996 Irma Vep
1998 Koniec sierpnia, początek września / Fin août, début septembre / Late August, Early September
2000 Ścieżki uczuć / Les destinées sentimentales / Sentimental Destinies
2002 Demonlover
2004 Czysta / Clean
2007 Przejście / Boarding Gate
2008 Pewnego lata / L’heure d’été / Summer Hours
2010 Carlos (TV series)
2012 Po maju / Après mai / Something in the Air
2014 Sils Maria / Clouds of Sils Maria
2016 Personal Shopper
2018 Podwójne życie / Doubles vies / Non-Fiction