Cache (Hidden) Movie Review 2005

Georges Laurent (Auteuil) and his wife Anne (Binoche) are upper middle class professionals living a comfortable life with their young son in Paris when suddenly a disturbing surveillance video tape of their own home is left at their front door, followed by another and another. This invasion plunges Georges into a world of repressed memories and disquieting dreams as he tries to make sense of these events as well as his past. On the surface a whodunit mystery not unlike any other from the post modern era. However, this is in post-9/11 modern-age France, and the story unfolds as a metaphor for personal and societal responsibility to those previously held under thumb.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 121 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Marriage, Psycho-Thriller, Mystery & Suspense, Paris, France, Flashback, Childhood Visions, Strained Suburbia

Screenplay

Michael Haneke

Cast

Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot, Maurice Benichou, Bernard Le Coq, Lester Makedonsky, Walid Afkir

Cinematography

Christian Berger

Director

Michael Haneke

Other

Jean-Paul Mugel, Jean-Pierre Laforce, Nadine Muse, Michael Hudecek, Lisy Christl, Emmanuel de Chauvigny, Christoph Kanter

Producer

Margaret Menegoz, Veit Heiduschka, Les Films du Losange, Wega-Film, Bavaria Films, Bim Distribuzione, Sony Pictures Classics

Awards

L.A. Film Critics 2005: Foreign Film.