Tell No One
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| Directed by | Guillaume Canet |
| Produced by | Luc Besson Pierre-Ange Le Pogam Alain Attal |
| Written by | Novel: Harlan Coben Screenplay: Guillaume Canet Philippe Lefebvre |
| Starring | François Cluzet Marie-Josée Croze Marina Hands Kristin Scott Thomas Nathalie Baye |
| Music by | Matthieu Chedid |
| Cinematography | Christophe Offenstein |
| Editing by | Hervé de Luze |
| Release date(s) | France: November 1, 2006 United Kingdom: June 15, 2007 United States: July 2, 2008 |
| Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €11.7 million |
| Gross revenue | $33,385,185 [1] |
Tell No One (French: Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet. Miramax and Focus have bought the rights for an English language remake, which will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy and has a tentative date of 2010 for the beginning of principal photography.[2] It won four categories at the 2007 Cesar Awards in France: Best Director (Guillaume Canet), Best Actor (François Cluzet), Best Editing and Best Music Written for a Film.
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[edit] Synopsis
Alex Beck (François Cluzet) is a doctor who has slowly been putting his life back together after his wife Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) was murdered by a serial killer. Eight years on, Alex is doing well enough until he finds himself implicated in the murder of two people, with plenty of evidence pointing to him as the killer even though he knows nothing of the crimes. The same day, Alex receives an e-mail that appears to be from Margot, which includes a link to a live surveillance video clip that features his late wife looking alive and well. The message warns Alex that they are both being watched, and he struggles to stay one step ahead of the law even as a gang of strong-arm men intimidate Alex's friends into telling whatever they might know about him, and kill one of them, Charlotte. Alex's sister Anne (Marina Hands) persuades her well-to-do wife Hélène (Kristin Scott Thomas) to hire a respected attorney, Élisabeth Feldman (Nathalie Baye), to handle Alex's case.
It is gradually revealed that Margot is apparently still alive: she attempts to arrange a meeting with Alex by sending him an email which he must read in an internet cafe to avoid being spied on. Before the meeting time, a warrant is issued for Alex's arrest for the murder of Charlotte; he goes on the run while he and his lawyer struggle to find out the truth about the murder as well as Margot's reappearance. Alex is rescued from the policemen following him by Bruno, a gangster from a rough part of the city who owes Alex a favour. The meeting with Margot is prevented by the mysterious strongmen who abduct Alex, only to be defeated when Bruno reappears to save Alex again. Margot is seen almost escaping on a flight to Buenos Aires before having second thoughts and leaving, just before the police arrive to arrest her.
Elizabeth the lawyer proves that Alex has an alibi for the murder of Charlotte, thanks to witnesses at the internet cafe. Gradually, Alex learns that there are numerous mysteries about his wife's death, including mysterious photos of her covered in bruises, and traces of heroin in her body. Eventually, he discovers the truth: Margot's father confesses that he faked his daughter's death. Margot had discovered that Philippe Neuville, a rich young son of a local millionaire, was a pedophile rapist whose activities were being hidden because his father had influence over the police; when she confronted him, Philippe had beaten her up, causing the bruises. Her father explains that he walked in on the beating and shot Philippe. He then hired thugs to fake Margot's murder, shot them, and used the body of a dead heroin addict to stand in for Margot's. The police, listening in on a wire tap, descend on the house to arrest Margot's father, but he shoots himself.
In a final twist, it is then revealed that Margot's father knew his house was bugged, and that during a moment in which he had blocked the bug's transmission he had told Alex one last thing: it was in fact Margot who shot Philippe after he beat her; her father was covering up her crime, not his. His actions however have ensured that she will never be suspected. The film's final sequence shows Philippe's father being arrested, and Alex and Margot reuniting at the lake where they fell in love as children.
[edit] Reception
Tell No One was extremely well received both critically and financially.
Academy Award winning British actor Sir Michael Caine said of the film it was the best he had seen in 2007 on the BBC's Film 2007 programme.
The script made several alterations to the book. A torture expert changed from an Asian male to an ectomorphic white female, and the identity of the killer was switched. The book's author was quoted in an interview that the movie's ending was better than his original ending.[3]
[edit] Critical reception
As of[update] January 27, 2009, Tell No One has a Tomatometer of 93% and a 100% rating amongst top critics.[4]
[edit] Top ten lists
The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.[5]
- 1st - Marc Doyle, Metacritic.com[5]
- 2nd - Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle[5]
- 7th - Kimberly Jones, The Austin Chronicle[5]
- 7th - Marc Mohan, The Oregonian[5]
- 7th - Shawn Levy, The Oregonian[5]
- 8th - Stephen Holden, The New York Times[5]
- 9th - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times[5]
- 10th - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post[5]
- 10th - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly[5]
[edit] Box office performance
It took $17 million in its first four weeks at the French box office.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tellnoone.htm
- ^ "Miramax, Focus to 'Tell No One'". Variety. 2009-04-29. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002992.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "The Guardian". http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/jun/18/1.
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes". http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ne_le_dis_a_personne/.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Metacritic: 2008 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/2008/toptens.shtml. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
- ^ "Channel Four". http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=161736.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Tell No One at Allmovie
- Tell No One at Metacritic
- Tell No One at Box Office Mojo
- Tell No One at Rotten Tomatoes
- Tell No One at the Internet Movie Database
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