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Caché (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 123 Fresh: 108  Rotten:15 Average Rating: 7.8/10
 
Consensus: A creepy French psychological thriller that commands the audience's attention throughout.
 

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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

Director: Michael Haneke
Producer: Margaret Menegoz, Veit Heiduschka

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 27, 2006

[DVD Details]

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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4.5/5

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.

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06/08/08
Robert Davis
Paste Magazine
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4.5/5

Haneke doesn't just communicate anything to be left up to the viewer; he stacks up many ideas for the viewer to pick through.

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09/18/07
Christopher Campbell
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Here, no image and no act of viewing seems entirely innocent.

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07/09/07
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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02/03/07
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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01/11/07
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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11/11/06
Stuart Klawans
Nation
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4/5

Haneke's most accessible film, wraps the viewer up in its cinematic universe and makes him feel the menace breathing dows his neck

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09/10/06
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses
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Like the very best of Hitchcock, marries both high- and low-brows in the compulsively watchable format of the thriller.

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08/07/06
Leo Goldsmith
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
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4/5

Un drama intimista e inquietante que esconde una reflexión perturbadora sobre un vergonzoso capítulo de la historia francesa. Brillante dirección y actores.

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08/05/06
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
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3/5

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.

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06/23/06
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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06/03/06
Jam! Movies
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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.

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05/27/06
Moira Sullivan
Movie Magazine International
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05/12/06
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review
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05/12/06
Ken Tucker
New York Magazine
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3.5/4

Chillingly reminds us that in life, love, family and politics, we never know the full story. And someone is always watching.

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05/04/06
Matt Pais
Metromix.com
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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.

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04/28/06
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Urban Cinefile
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If I have to sit through French small talk in a slow-paced film for two hours, I expect a substantial payoff.

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04/19/06
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
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2/5

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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04/19/06
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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It's a head-scratcher, and a particularly fine one at that.

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04/17/06
Donald Munro
Fresno Bee
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3.5/4

Challenges the audience to get involved in the story

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04/14/06
Marty Mapes
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