MysteryDramaThriller

Caché

George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.

Release Date : 2005-10-05

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Les Films du LosangeWega FilmBavaria FilmBIM Distribuzione

Production Country : AustriaFranceGermanyItaly

Alternative Titles : Cache (Hidden)

Cast

Character Name : Georges Laurent

Original Name : Daniel Auteuil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Anne Laurent

Original Name : Juliette Binoche

Gender : Female

Character Name : Georges's Mother

Original Name : Annie Girardot

Gender : Female

Character Name : Georges's Editor-In-Chief

Original Name : Bernard Le Coq

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pierre

Original Name : Daniel Duval

Gender : Male

Character Name : Majid

Original Name : Maurice Bénichou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Majid's Son

Original Name : Walid Afkir

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pierrot Laurent

Original Name : Lester Makedonsky

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mathilde

Original Name : Nathalie Richard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Yvon

Original Name : Denis Podalydès

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Caroline Baehr

Gender : Female

Character Name : Georges's Father

Original Name : Christian Benedetti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Officer No. 2

Original Name : Loïc Brabant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chantal

Original Name : Aïssa Maïga

Gender : Female

Character Name : TV Guest

Original Name : Jean-Jacques Brochier

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Orphanage Attendant

Original Name : Paule Daré

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bookstore Owner

Original Name : Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Georges's Mother

Original Name : Annette Faure

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Georges

Original Name : Hugo Flamigni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Writer

Original Name : Peter Stephan Jungk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cycliste

Original Name : Diouc Koma

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeannette

Original Name : Marie Kremer

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Orphanage Driver

Original Name : Nicky Marbot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Majid

Original Name : Malik Nait Djoudi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Housekeeper

Original Name : Marie-Christine Orry

Gender : Female

Character Name : TV Guest

Original Name : Mazarine Pingeot

Gender : Female

Character Name : Georges's Assistant

Original Name : Julie Recoing

Gender : Female

Character Name : Novelist

Original Name : Karla Suarez

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Guest

Original Name : Jean Teulé

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Guest

Original Name : Philippe Besson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Officer No. 1

Original Name : Laurent Suire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Elevator (uncredited)

Original Name : François Négret

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-22

On the face of it, "Georges" (Daniel Auteuil) and wife "Anne" (Juliette Binoche) are a successfully married couple. Both working in publishing, he has his own review programme on television whilst their teenage son "Pierrot" (Lester Makedonsky) remains pretty distant from their professional and social lives. When "Georges" starts receiving anonymous VHS cassettes things become much more tense and the strains on this family more pronounced. These tapes initially begin by surveilling their home, but gradually they become more penetrative and invasive. The police can't do anything and their neighbours have seen nothing untoward locally. Then he discovers what might just be a clue and that takes him to "Majid" (Maurice Bénichou) who lives with his grown-up son (Walid Afkir). It transpires that his family has history with this man. In fact, he is all but an half-brother to "Georges" and after a rather frank conversation he assures him that he has nothing to do with these intimidatory packages. When "Pierrot" makes an unscheduled overnight stay with a friend, the parents become frenzied and it looks like whoever has set out to wreck their lives might just have accomplished their task! Pretty much from the start, Auteuil is on good form as the man about to blow his top. His character is becoming more and more frustrated and his portrayal really counters well with Binoche's sparingly but potently delivered wife who is largely unaware of all the pieces of her husband's familial jigsaw as they fall into place. When tragedy strikes - only a matter of time - the tension is raised another notch, but will we ever discover who is doing what to whom? Or why? The backstory here is as important as what's going on presently, and that information isn't presented as fluidly as I'd have liked. We are not really given much information to go on, and when we are it is almost as if it's there to justify the plot we are seeing unfold rather than the other way around. That said, it's still quite a tensely directed and paced affair that is worth watching.