Olivier Assayas

Personal Shopper

Personal Shopper

With this intimate supernatural drama, the celebrated French filmmaker Olivier Assayas conjures a melancholy ghost story set in the world of celebrity and haute couture. Starring Kristen Stewart, whose performance in Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria made her the first American actress to win a César Award, this evocative character study tells the story of a young fashion assistant and spiritual medium who is living in Paris and searching for signs of an afterlife following the sudden death of her twin brother. A stirring depiction of grief in the form of a psychological thriller, Personal Shopper—which won Assayas the best director award at Cannes—is a chilling meditation on modern modes of communication and the way we mourn those we love.

Film Info

  • France
  • 2016
  • 105 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.40:1
  • English, French
  • Spine #899

Director-Approved Special Edition Features

  • 2K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Yorick Le Saux and approved by director Olivier Assayas, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • New interview with Assayas
  • 2016 Cannes Film Festival press conference featuring actor Kristen Stewart and other members of the film’s cast and crew
  • Theatrical trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Glenn Kenny

    New cover by Michael Boland

Purchase Options

Director-Approved Special Edition Features

  • 2K digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Yorick Le Saux and approved by director Olivier Assayas, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • New interview with Assayas
  • 2016 Cannes Film Festival press conference featuring actor Kristen Stewart and other members of the film’s cast and crew
  • Theatrical trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Glenn Kenny

    New cover by Michael Boland
Personal Shopper
Cast
Kristen Stewart
Maureen
Lars Eidinger
Ingo
Sigrid Bouaziz
Lara
Anders Danielsen Lie
Erwin
Ty Olwin
Gary
Hammou Graïa
Police officer
Nora von Waldstätten
Kyra
Benjamin Biolay
Victor Hugo
Audrey Bonnet
Cassandre
Pascal Rambert
Jérôme
Credits
Director
Olivier Assayas
Written by
Olivier Assayas
Producer
Charles Gillibert
Line producer
Sylvie Barthet
Coproducers
Artemio Benki
Coproducers
Fabian Gasmia
Director of photography
Yorick Le Saux
Production designer
François-Renaud Labarthe
Editor
Marion Monnier
Sound
Nicolas Cantin
Sound
Olivier Goinard
Sound
Nicolas Moreau
Costume designer
Jürgen Doering
First assistant director
Dominique Delany
Script supervisor
Christelle Meaux
Casting director
Antoinette Boulat
Makeup artist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen
Hairstylist
Morgane Bernhard

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