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Écoute le Temps
Fissures
France 2007
produced by Antoine Simkine for Les Films d'Antoine, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Canal+
directed by Alanté Kavaité
starring Émilie Dequenne, Mathieu Demy, Ludmila Mikael, Jacques Spiesser, Etienne Chicot, Eva Ionesco, Gilles David, Joel Lefrancois, Bruno Flender, Nadia Barentin, Chrystelle Labaude, Roland Marchisio, Yves Pignot, Julia Vaidis-Bogard, Clémece Lassalas, Antoine de Prekel, Gabrielle Vallières, Etienne Lassalas, Alban Casterman, francoise Huguet, Gérald Mauroy, Nicole Gilles, Marie-Thérèse Bretagne, Daniel Charbonnier, Guy Gabillaud, Prosper Hillairet, Jérome Briere, Thérèse Brice, Dominique Lebeuf
written by Alanté Kavaité
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Charlotte's (Émilie Dequenne) mother (Ludmila Mikael) is found dead in
her derelict house in the country, where she worked as the village's
clairvoyant, murdered, and to come to terms with the violent death of the
mother she hardly ever visited, Charlotte, a sound engineer on documentary
films, moves into her house - and soon realizes that with her sound
equipment, she can hear (and record) events that happened in the house in
the past - but it seems that each spot in the house's lving room is only
able to hold recollections of no more than one moment in time ... so with
an elaborate system made out of thread that resembles a spider's web,
Charlotte tries to a) find the spot where she can listen in on her mum's
murder and b) find out who the killer is - suspects include mother's ex
husband and Charlotte's father (Jacques Spiesser), the village's corrupt
mayor (Etienne Chicot), a couple (Roland Marchisio, Chrystelle Labaude),
whose son's death she predicted, and even the retarded neighbour (Bruno
Flender) ... but in the end, the killer turns out to be mother's own lover
Julien (Mathieu Demy), who has run over a small boy - incidently
above-mentioned couple's son - and has buried his corpse to hide the
evidence. But when Charlotte's mother wanted to make him confess
everything to the police, he murdered her. In the end, Charlotte can get
a confession out of him before handing him over to the police ... One
thing up front Émilie Dequenne is great in the lead role, she carries the
film over many a leap of reason, is able to give substance to some of its
murkier spots. The film as such though is less than great, its plot in
itself makes hardly any sense, it by and large lacks suspense and while
the direction is perfectly moody, the film lacks atmosphere. Plus, the
number of scenes in which you see a microphone hanging into the frame is
simply amazing - which is kind of ironic, since this film is about a movie
sound engineer - and this more often than not puts one totally of the
narrative as such. Still, thanks to Dequenne, this one is not a total
failure.
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