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Tell No One

2006 film by Guillaume Canet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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This article is about the 2006 French film. For other uses, see Tell No One (disambiguation).

Tell No One (French: Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. Written by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre and starring François Cluzet, the film won four categories at the 2007 César Awards in France: Best Director (Guillaume Canet), Best Actor (François Cluzet), Best Editing and Best Music Written for a Film.

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Plot

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Eight years after the murder of his wife, Margot, paediatrician Alexandre Beck receives an email containing security footage that appears to depict his wife alive and unharmed. Concurrently, two bodies are discovered buried near the lake where Margot was killed, and evidence collected by law enforcement appears to implicate Beck in the homicides.

The situation becomes increasingly complex when a group of criminals, also monitoring Margot’s emails, begin to intimidate Beck’s acquaintances, resulting in the death of one friend, Charlotte. Having been last seen with Beck prior to her death, law enforcement moves to arrest him at the hospital; however, Beck escapes with assistance from Bruno, a gangster who felt indebted to him after Beck treated his ailing son. Beck’s attempt to reach the park for a scheduled meeting with Margot, as indicated in the email, is interrupted when he is abducted by the criminals, though he is subsequently rescued by Bruno.

The following day, Beck is exonerated after his sister, Anne, and her wife, Helene, provide an alibi through their attorney. Upon meeting with law enforcement and reviewing the collected evidence, Beck recalls the unusual behavior of Margot’s father following her death and subsequently confronts him at his residence, where the truth is ultimately revealed.

Two months before the event at the lake, Margot discovered that Philippe Neuville, the son of aristocrat Gilbert Neuville, had been sexually abusing children from a children's trust. While attempting to secure a confession, Margot was severely beaten by Philippe. Her father, upon witnessing the assault, shot and killed Philippe with a shotgun.

Fearing retaliation from Gilbert Neuville, who controlled a significant portion of the police force, Margot's father began wiretapping Gilbert's phones. He discovered that Gilbert had hired two men to assassinate Margot. To thwart the plot, he killed the two men, staged Margot's death using the body of a deceased heroin addict, and sent her into hiding. He also revealed that Alex's father, who worked as Gilbert's horse rancher, was the first to uncover Philippe's crimes and was subsequently killed by Gilbert during a hunting trip to prevent the truth from being exposed. The entire confession was recorded by Alex, who had been wearing a wire, and was transmitted to the police. When authorities arrived to arrest Margot's father based on this evidence, he committed suicide.

Unbeknownst to the police, Margot's father knew that Alex was wearing a wire. In a moment when he was able to block the transmission, he revealed to Alex that Margot herself had actually shot and killed Philippe, with his subsequent actions designed to ensure she would never be suspected. Following this, Gilbert Neuville was arrested for his crimes, while Alex and Margot finally reunited at the lake where they had fallen in love as children.

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Cast

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Production

The script made several alterations to the book; a torture expert changed from an Asian male to a white female, and the identity of the killer was switched. The book's author was quoted in an interview as saying that the film's ending was better than his original ending.[4]

Reception

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Tell No One was well received both critically and commercially.

Academy Award-winning British actor Michael Caine said of the film it was the best he had seen in 2007 on the BBC's Film 2007 programme. He also included it among his Top Ten movies of all time in his 2010 autobiography, The Elephant to Hollywood.[citation needed]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 119 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "An intense, well-crafted thriller, Tell No One is equal parts heart-pounding and heart-wrenching."[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[6]

Box office

The film generated $17 million in ticket sales during its first four weeks at the French box office.[7] In total, the film grossed $22,194,261 in France becoming the 12th highest-grossing film of the year with 3,111,809 tickets sold.[8][9] Music Box Films acquired the rights to the film and gave it a limited theatrical release on July 2, 2008. The film opened in eight theaters grossing $169,707 during its opening weekend.[10] In total, the film grossed $6,177,192 in the US and Canada.[11]

Top ten lists

The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.[12]

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