Adapted from a Douglas Kennedy novel, The Woman In The Fifth stars Ethan Hawke as a dishevelled American author who had one hit novel but never managed a second. He travels to Paris to reconnect with his six-year-old daughter, but his ex-wife doesn't want anything to do with him, and she's got the restraining order to prove it.

When his luggage and wallet are stolen, Hawke is forced to work as a night-watchman in a mysterious underground bunker in exchange for an attic room in a grubby hotel. On the plus side, two beautiful women have no qualms about throwing themselves at him, even if he does belong on a list of Paris's least eligible bachelors. One of his admirers is a voluptuous Polish waitress (Joanna Kulig); the other's an enigmatic widow (Kristin Scott Thomas), with a chic apartment in the fifth arrondissement.