Read My Lips ( Sur mes lèvres )

Read My Lips (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Sur mes lèvres
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Uncut

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jacques Audiard

Written By:
Jacques Audiard
Tonino Benacquista

Actors:
Vincent Cassel ..... Paul
Emmanuelle Devos ..... Carla
Olivier Gourmet ..... Marchand
Olivier Perrier ..... Masson
Olivia Bonamy ..... Annie
Bernard Alane ..... Morel
Céline Samie ..... Josie
Pierre Diot ..... Keller
François Loriquet ..... Jean-François
Serge Boutleroff ..... Mammouth
David Saracino ..... Richard Carambo
Christophe Van de Velde ..... Louis Carambo (as Christophe Vandevelde)
Bô Gaultier de Kermoal ..... Le Barman
Loïc Le Page ..... Quentin
Nathalie Lacroix ..... L'Employée ANPE

Synopsis:

A woman looking for love finds a man who leads her into a life of crime in this thriller. Carla (Emmanuelle Devos) is a woman in her mid-twenties who works as a secretary in a real estate office. More cute than pretty, Carla is shy by nature, and the fact that she has a hearing problem has made her all the more withdrawn. While she longs for a relationship with a man, she finds herself living vicariously through her friend Annie (Olivia Bonamy), a single parent who dates often while Carla babysits her child. Carla makes the acquaintance of Paul (Vincent Cassel), a rough-hewn small-time criminal who has just been released from prison on parole. While Carla ought to know better, she finds herself strongly attracted to Paul, and Paul responds in kind. But before long, it becomes obvious that Paul is having an influence on Carla's normally stable nature; eager to get even with a co-worker who had wronged her, Carla persuades Paul to steal one of her company's files, which makes things more than a bit difficult for Carla's rival. Carla and Paul's actions go from malicious to seriously criminal when Paul hatches a scheme to rob a nightclub owner to whom he owes money -- a scheme that involves Carla's keen skill as a lip reader.

Carla Bhem (Emmanuelle Devos), the heroine of Jacques Audiard's thriller, is plain and almost hyperbolically nondescript. She is a person who exists to be taken advantage of and ignored. Worrying that she might be overworked, Carla's boss allows her to take on a helper to handle some of the endless drudgery. She hires Paul Angeli (Vincent Cassel), a mopey ex-convict with no qualifications, who is unlikely to threaten her position, such as it is. The two are soon embroiled in a psychological power struggle that threatens, oddly but convincingly, to turn into an office romance. Then, in its second half, 'Read My Lips' mutates almost casually from a workplace comedy into a violent, clammy caper film. Like so many European pictures these days, 'Read My Lips' seems destined to be remade in Hollywood, and it is unlikely to be improved by the addition of vainer actors, a simpler screenplay and flashier direction.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 31 December, 2005.

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