Ne le dis à personne (2006)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Guillaume Canet

Writers:

Guillaume Canet (writer)
Harlan Coben (novel)

Release Date:

1 November 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

8 years ago, Alex's wife was MURDERED. Today... She e-mailed him.

Plot:

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | E Mail | Police | Death | Police Officer

Awards:

9 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

François Cluzet	...	Alexandre Beck
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Margot Beck
André Dussollier	...	Jacques Laurentin
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Hélène Perkins
François Berléand	...	Eric Levkowitch
Nathalie Baye	...	Maître Elysabeth Feldman
Jean Rochefort	...	Gilbert Neuville
Marina Hands	...	Anne Beck
Gilles Lellouche	...	Bruno
Philippe Lefebvre	...	Lieutenant Philippe Meynard
Florence Thomassin	...	Charlotte Bertaud
Olivier Marchal	...	Bernard Valenti
Guillaume Canet	...	Philippe Neuville
Brigitte Catillon	...	Capitaine Barthas
Samir Guesmi	...	Lieutenant Saraoui

Also Known As:

Tell No One (International: English title)

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | USA:Unrated | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Adainville, Yvelines, France

Company:

Les Productions du Trésor

Trivia:

Alex's dog is a Briard.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Early on in the film at a show jumping scene, the announcer says the video screen shows the rider winning at the European championships, but the video shows the rider jumping over jumps with the Olympic logo on them.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-07-19)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

With Or Without You

Canet at Coben's height !

I read the masterly novel "Tell no one" by Harlan Coben and the movie by Guillaume Canet didn't disappoint me. And I want to precise that I'm very critical with novel's adaptations when I've read the book.

At first, I was surprised that a novel as great as this one become a French movie and not a Hollywood production. But I was "disappointed in good" (déçu en bien), as we say in Switzerland.

Canet respected very well Coben's work and the cast is absolutely excellent ! François Cluzet (with a resemblance with Dustin Hoffman) is a perfect Dr Beck. Kristin Scott-Thomas, André Dussolier (can be a naughty character too), Jean Rochefort and the others are great as well.

Finally a really great movie - the best French movie I've seen, I think - as thrilling as the book ! "Ne le dis à personne" equals "Tell no one".

Notice that the man who follows Beck in the station is Harlan Coben himself.