Caché (2005)
Coming Out at 5 October 2005 in theaters.
“Hidden”
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Caché is psychological thriller film written and directed by Michael Haneke and starring Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche. The plot follows an upper-middle-class French couple, Georges (Auteuil) and Anne (Binoche), who are terrorised by anonymous tapes that appear on their front porch and seem to show the family is under surveillance. Clues in the videos point to Georges’s childhood memories, and his resistance to his parents’ adopting an Algerian orphan named Majid, who was sent away. The tapes lead him to the now-grown Majid (Maurice Bénichou).
Shot in Paris and Vienna in 2004, the film is an international co-production of France, Austria, Germany and Italy. Haneke wrote the screenplay with Auteuil and Binoche in mind, and with a concept of exploring guilt and childhood. When he learned of the French government’s decades-long denial of the 1961 Seine River massacre, he incorporated memories of the event into his story.
Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke
Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot, Bernard Le Coq, Walid Afkir, Lester Makedonsky
Cast:
Daniel Auteuil | … | Georges Laurent |
Juliette Binoche | … | Anne Laurent |
Maurice Bénichou | … | Majid |
Annie Girardot | … | Georges’s Mom |
Bernard Le Coq | … | Georges’s Editor-In-Chief |
Walid Afkir | … | Majid’s Son |
Lester Makedonsky | … | Pierrot Laurent |
Daniel Duval | … | Pierre |
Nathalie Richard | … | Mathilde |
Denis Podalydès | … | Yvon |
Aïssa Maïga | … | Chantal |
Caroline Baehr | … | Nurse |
Christian Benedetti | … | Georges’s Father |
Philippe Besson | … | TV Guest |
Loic Brabant | … | Police Officer No. 2 |
Jean-Jacques Brochier | … | TV Guest |
Paule Daré | … | The Orphanage Attendant |
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | … | Bookstore Owner |
Annette Faure | … | Georges’s Mother, Young |
Hugo Flamigni | … | Georges as a Child |
Peter Stephan Jungk | … | Writer |
Diouc Koma | … | Cyclist |
Marie Kremer | … | Jeannette |
Nicky Marbot | … | The Orphanage Driver |
Malik Nait Djoudi | … | Majid as a Child |
Marie-Christine Orry | … | Housekeeper |
Mazarine Pingeot | … | TV Guest |
Julie Recoing | … | Georges’s Assistant |
Karla Suarez | … | Novelist |
Laurent Suire | … | Police Officer No. 1 |
Jean Teulé | … | TV Guest |
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | … | (archive footage) |
Barbara Contini | … | (archive footage) |
François Négret | … | Man in elevator |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia