Caché (2005)
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for brief strong violence
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Theatrical Release: 2005
Box Office: $3,453,754
Synopsis: Writer/director Michael Haneke delivers a masterpiece of unsettlement with CACHÉ. Life seems perfect for Georges (Daniel Auteuil) and Anne (Juliette Binoche), a bourgeois Parisian couple who live in a comfortable home with their adolescent son, Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky). But when an... Writer/director Michael Haneke delivers a masterpiece of unsettlement with CACHÉ. Life seems perfect for Georges (Daniel Auteuil) and Anne (Juliette Binoche), a bourgeois Parisian couple who live in a comfortable home with their adolescent son, Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky). But when an anonymous videotape turns up on their doorstep, showing their house under surveillance from across the street, their calm life begins to spiral out of control. Subsequent videotapes arrive, accompanied by mysterious drawings, and gradually Georges becomes convinced that he's being tormented by a figure from his past. But when he confronts him, the man assures Georges he is innocent. A growing sense of guilt begins to rise in Georges as he recalls his less-than-angelic childhood, yet for some reason he's unable to be completely honest with Anne. Soon, their happy home is an emotional battleground, leading to a climax that is breathtaking in its ferocity and ambiguousness. Though Haneke's film works first and foremost as an insidious thriller, it is also a powerful commentary on the urban paranoia and racism that continue to permeate modern society. Without using a score, and keeping his camera detached and static, Haneke nonetheless establishes a nearly unbearable level of tension. Not for the squeamish, CACHÉ remains a work of menacing brilliance, and was the winner of the Best Director award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Maurice Benichou, Annie Girardot, Daniel Duval
DVD Info
Release:
Jun 27, 2006
DVD Features:
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Subtitles - French - Optional
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Reviews
Michael Haneke's aptly named Caché (Hidden) is the kind of movie that fully engages the mind of the viewer. It's a multi-layered, open-ended thriller, an onion sliced by taut piano wire.
Haneke doesn't just communicate anything to be left up to the viewer; he stacks up many ideas for the viewer to pick through.
Haneke's most accessible film, wraps the viewer up in its cinematic universe and makes him feel the menace breathing dows his neck
Like the very best of Hitchcock, marries both high- and low-brows in the compulsively watchable format of the thriller.
Un drama intimista e inquietante que esconde una reflexión perturbadora sobre un vergonzoso capítulo de la historia francesa. Brillante dirección y actores.
Although its opening promises a mystery, the question at the core of 'Cache' is not who is responsible for sending the packages; instead, the film asks whether the real danger is outside the Laurents' home or inside it.
Haneke has made a fine study of guilt and betrayal, and tries to convey what is hidden. Perhaps what is best hidden in the film is the claim that lies are conveyed at 24 frames a second.
Chillingly reminds us that in life, love, family and politics, we never know the full story. And someone is always watching.
The most unsettling part about Michael Haneke's taut, psychological thriller Hidden, is the ever-constantly changing points of view. We are never sure through whose eyes we are watching the events.
If I have to sit through French small talk in a slow-paced film for two hours, I expect a substantial payoff.
However valid these themes may be, these are not issues that keep me awake at night. They do not squat on my brain like some fantasticated octopus of guilt.
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