Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Josephine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep her youngest, 11-year-old Julien, away from his father. But the magistrate rules in favour of joint custody, and suddenly the boy is thrown directly into the middle of an escalating parental conflict, where it seems inevitable that sides must be chosen.
Acting
Thomas Gioria's silent terror is unbearably real.
Direction
Legrand weaponizes off-screen space and doorframes.
Sound
Every creak and slammed drawer is a jump scare.
Director
Xavier Legrand
Léa Drucker
Miriam Besson
Denis Ménochet
Antoine Besson
Thomas Gioria
Julien Besson
Mathilde Auneveux
Joséphine Besson
Mathieu Saikaly
Samuel
Florence Janas
Sylvia
Saadia Bentaïeb
The Judge
Sophie Pincemaille
Maître Davigny, Miriam's lawyer
Emilie Incerti-Formentini
Maître Ghenen, Antoine's lawyer
Coralie Russier
The court clerk
Jérome Care-Aulanier
Operator agent of 'Police Secours'
Jenny Bellay
The neighbor
Martine Vandeville
Madeleine, Antoine's mother
Jean-Marie Winling
Joël, , Antoine's father
Martine Schambacher
Nanny, Miriam's mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thomas Gioria had never acted before; Legrand cast him after a six-month search, finding his natural stillness perfect for Julien's trapped silence.
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