The Woman in the Fifth
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| Directed by | Paweł Pawlikowski |
| Screenplay by | Pawel Pawlikowski |
| Based on | The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy |
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| Cinematography | Ryszard Lenczewski |
| Edited by | David Charap |
| Music by | Max de Wardener |
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| Distributed by | Memento Films |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
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| Box office | $662,000 |
The Woman in the Fifth (French title La femme du Vème) is a 2011 French-British-Polish drama film directed and written by Paweł Pawlikowski. Adapted from Douglas Kennedy's 2007 novel of the same name, the film centers on a divorced American writer (Ethan Hawke) who moves to Paris to be closer to his young daughter. As he embarks on an affair with a mysterious widow (Kristin Scott Thomas), a dark force seems to be taking control of his life.