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In its opening shot, READ MY LIPS shows Carla (Emmanuelle Devos) inserting her hearing aids and getting ready for work. But it's evident that her hearing problem does not hold her back as she throws herself into answering the constantly ringing phones at her job as an unappreciated secretary for an architecture firm. Swamped .. Read more
| Starring | Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Perrier |
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| Director | Jacques Audiard |
| Genres | Thriller, World Cinema |
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In its opening shot, READ MY LIPS shows Carla (Emmanuelle Devos) inserting her hearing aids and getting ready for work. But it's evident that her hearing problem does not hold her back as she throws herself into answering the constantly ringing phones at her job as an unappreciated secretary for an architecture firm. Swamped with work, Carla asks her boss to hire an assistant for her, Paul (Vincent Cassel), an ex-con who is trying to get his life back on track. To everyone else--her sexist coworkers and her sexy friend Annie--Carla is a dog with a disability. But to Paul, who is Carla's subordinate, she's a femme fatale. In Paul's life--to his parole officer and the two-bit thugs to whom he still owes money--he is an untrustworthy outcast and a bum. But to Carla, he is a secret weapon with skills (lock-picking, physical intimidation) that she needs. Likewise, Carla becomes Paul's secret weapon as her ability to read lips opens up a new world of possibilities to his plotting, criminal ways.
READ MY LIPS is a story of romance through and through, and, in its second half, a fast-moving and constantly flip-flopping heist drama. Once Carla and Paul really start working together, the tension between them only helps them along. Never trusting each other, never predictable in their actions, these characters imbue Jacques Audiard's masterful film with a breathtaking suspense that is simultaneously alluring and repellent.
| Starring | Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Perrier, Olivia Bonamy, Bernard Alane, Cecile Samie |
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| Director | Jacques Audiard |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 06 Sep 2010 |
"...The performances of the two leads are impeccable....[Cassel] has reined in his natural magnetism to excellent effect, but it is Devos whose performance absolutely has us in its power..."
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Another good french film...is it something in the water over there?
The film, a delectable thriller/romance stars Emmanuele Devos as 'Carla'... read more »
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The worm turns
This is a brilliant film which keeps you on the edge of your seat until the end. It is the story of a young deaf woman who is overlooked and ignored by ... read more »
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Tense performances
French film with subtitles. Cassel and Devos make a good pair of damaged people looking for a result in life. She is the put upon secretary who seeks love and ... read more »
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Gripping for such a simple plot
Emmanuelle Devos is superb in this film, grabs your attention from the off, not that the acting by the others is pants. The film has a simple plot similar to ... read more »