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Review: TELL NO ONE / Guillaume Canet (2006)

July 23rd, 2008 by Scott Marks

Tell No One (2006)
Directed by: Guillaume Canet
Written by: Guillaume Canet & Philippe Lefebvre from a novel by Harlan Coben
Starring: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas, André Dussollier, François Berléand, Nathalie Baye, Marina Hands, Gilles Lellouche & Jean Rochefort
Running Time: 125 min.
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Rating: ★★★★☆

WARNING: This is not a review that you want to read in you ever have any intention of seeing this movie.

With The Dark Knight selling out round the clock screenings, it’s a shame that all of the spillover went to Mama Mia! and not Tell No One, but what are the chances a smart French thriller would be playing the same shopping malls as Batman and flat-Pierce?

The lovely opening, open air dinner scene sets up its audience for a light romantic comedy. Friends and family gather around the table celebrating Alexandre’s (François Cluzet) graduation from med school while the camera pays close attention to two of the revelers. Long before a flashback to a pair young lovers carving their initials in a tree, the slow camera moves and succinct cuts establish the long-standing love affair between Alexandre (François Cluzet) and his wife Margot (Marie-Josée Croze).

The following day opens with a sunny drive to an afternoon round of skinny dipping, but the plot doesn’t kick into gear until later that dark night when the naked couple quarrel on a barge in the middle of the lake. Alex is angry because his sister Anne (Marina Hands) refuses to either take care of the family stable or sell it. No sooner does Margot swim back to shore, she vanishes into the blackness. Before Alex can answer her single scream for help, an unseen assailant clubs the man leaving him to drown.

Eight years pass to find Alex a successful pediatrician and Margot’s death credited to a notorious serial killer. Certain sectors inside the police force still believe Alex to be the murderer. After all, how did his unconscious body manage to swim back to shore?

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