Last night, I saw the buzzed-about French-language film Tell No One.
An adaptation of the 2001 international best-seller by Harlan Coben (and winner of four César Awards), this 2006 title that’s only now making its debut stateside – uh, what took it this long?! – is perhaps the most engrossing 125 minutes of film I’ve seen in recent months. At its core, this is a quiet thriller about love, one that really pushes the envelope when it comes to its many twists and turns.
It is a must.
“Better late than never,” people say, and that holds true of the accomplished film French actor-director Guillaume Canet has delivered.
In Tell No One, Dr. Alexandre Beck’s (François Cluzet) wife, childhood sweetheart Margot (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’s Marie-Josée Croze), was murdered on their anniversary eight years ago. Flash-forward to never-remarried Beck’s put-back-together life in Paris. Suspicion shadows him once again after two bodies are found near the scene of the crime. To complicate matters, he has received an e-mail that suggests his wife is alive.
“Tell no one,” it warns.
With the police hot on his trail, Beck sets out to discover the truth and to reclaim his and his wife’s life, as well as their enduring love.
How he does it would be telling, but do everyone a big favor: Watch Tell No One, and then tell everybody about it – it is just that good.
My Rating ****
“Better late than never,” people say, and that holds true of the accomplished film French actor-director Guillaume Canet has delivered.
In Tell No One, Dr. Alexandre Beck’s (François Cluzet) wife, childhood sweetheart Margot (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’s Marie-Josée Croze), was murdered on their anniversary eight years ago. Flash-forward to never-remarried Beck’s put-back-together life in Paris. Suspicion shadows him once again after two bodies are found near the scene of the crime. To complicate matters, he has received an e-mail that suggests his wife is alive.
“Tell no one,” it warns.
With the police hot on his trail, Beck sets out to discover the truth and to reclaim his and his wife’s life, as well as their enduring love.
How he does it would be telling, but do everyone a big favor: Watch Tell No One, and then tell everybody about it – it is just that good.
My Rating ****
Photo: Music Box Films.
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