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Director Gilles Mimouni's first feature film is a stylish suspense thriller that confounds the audience while presenting them with an extraordinary and elusive mystery. Vincent Cassel stars as Max, a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, during a business trip, Max catches .. Read more
| Starring | Vincent Cassel, Romane Bohringer, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Monica Bellucci |
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| Director | Gilles Mimouni |
| Genres | Thriller, World Cinema |
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Director Gilles Mimouni's first feature film is a stylish suspense thriller that confounds the audience while presenting them with an extraordinary and elusive mystery. Vincent Cassel stars as Max, a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, during a business trip, Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, reviving his wanderlust and sending him off on a chase of the elusive Lisa, whom he had overheard suggesting to a friend that her lover, Daniel, had killed someone for her. Soon, Max is trying to unravel the mystery behind the suspicious death of Daniel's wife, which he hopes will lead him closer to Lisa. Mimouni's deft direction and impeccable visual sense, along with his many nods to Alfred Hitchcock, make this a hugely enjoyable thriller.
| Starring | Vincent Cassel, Romane Bohringer, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey, Monica Bellucci, Sandrine Kiberlain |
|---|---|
| Director | Gilles Mimouni |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Original title | L'appartement |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1996 To Rent: DVD: 20 Nov 2000 |
A chance encounter in a Paris cafĂ puts young exec Max (Cassel) on the trail of the girl he loved and lost. He bids... read more on Time Out
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Another example of French cinema at it's best...
This is without doubt, one of the finest European films of the 1990's. Vincent Cassel is on top form here as he plays Max, who becomes entranced by a ... read more »
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Boredom thrust upon you.
My brother viewed this film. He felt the film had very little feeling regards to boring characters and unrealistic situations. In brief it's about four ... read more »
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Cherchez la dame!
This is an absorbing and clever film, but I found it confusing at times. The problem with subtitles is that one is concentrating on reading the text without ... read more »
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Starts well, gets predictable, then gets downright boring
This movie starts well and sets up a potentially interesting, if ludicrously far-fetched, situation, even if the characters are two-dimensional and ... read more »
French actor Vincent Cassel is to appear in two new films in the role of real-life thief Jacques Mesrine. Mesrine was a renowned robber who specialised in cunning heists, elaborate disguises and womanising. Cassel's most recent role came in Ocean's Twelve, and he will again return to the shady world of crime in the films Death Instinct and Public Enemy Number One. The films are to be directed by Jean-Francois Richet, who this year made the Assault On Precinct 13 re-make, which starred Ja Rule,... Read more