Sybil by Justine Triet at Chicago’s Summer Screenings
The Chicago International Film Festival, together with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and our consular and cultural partners, presents Summer Screenings, a free weekly film series that celebrates films from women directors.
SIBYL
Dir. Justine Triet (France, 2019, 100 mins).
Sibyl (Virginie Efira) is struggling. Unsatisfied with her work as a therapist, she decides to curb her caseload and attempt to write a novel. Suffering from writer’s block, she reluctantly agrees to counsel. Margot, a mercurial young film actress embroiled in a messy affair with her co-star. Taking a page straight out of Margot’s tumultuous life, the novel practically starts to write itself.
French/English/Italian with subtitles.
Post-screening discussion led by Sam Flancher, Programmer at the Chicago International Film Festival
Free admission. Tickets available July 1. Advance registration is recommended.
Open seats are released at 6:15pm, based on availability.
“A smart and absorbing new French comedy that initially unfolds like a series of psychotherapy sessions and eventually brings its story to a suitably mythic climax not far from a sputtering volcano.” Los Angeles Times
“What unfolds before our eyes, and what must be described as exceptional, is something only cinema allows: to witness the unveiling of the infinite powers of an actress.” Les Cahiers du Cinéma