A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Acting
Cluzet's face carries entire scenes of silent devastation.
Direction
Canet turns a foot chase into pure panic poetry.
Writing
Harlan Coben adaptation that out-twists its own source material.
Director
Guillaume Canet
François Cluzet
Alexandre 'Alex' Beck, pediatrician
Marie-Josée Croze
Margot Beck, wife of Alexandre and daughter of Jacques
André Dussollier
Jacques Laurentin, retired gendarme officer
Kristin Scott Thomas
Hélène Perkins, Anne's companion
François Berléand
Eric Levkowitch
Nathalie Baye
Maître Elysabeth Feldman
Jean Rochefort
Gilbert Neuville
Guillaume Canet
Philippe Neuville, son of Gilbert
Gilles Lellouche
Bruno, thug and friend of Alexandre
Marina Hands
Anne Beck, sister of Alexandre and companion of Hélène
Olivier Marchal
Bernard Valenti
Florence Thomassin
Charlotte Bertaud, Margot's best friend
Philippe Lefebvre
Lieutenant Philippe Meynard
Brigitte Catillon
Captain Barthas
Samir Guesmi
Lieutenant Saraoui
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The foot chase through Paris streets was shot in one continuous take—Cluzet trained for months and still tore his Achilles.
This film revived the French commercial thriller; Hollywood immediately tried to remake it and still hasn't cracked why this version works.
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