"8 Years Ago, Alex's Wife Was Murdered. Today...She E-Mailed Him."
Based on Harlan Coben's International best selling thriller, Tell No One tells the story of pediatrician Alexandre Beck who still grieves the murder of his beloved wife, Margot, eight years earlier. When two bodies are uncovered near where Margot's body was found, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes a suspect again. The mystery deepens when Alex receives an anonymous e-mail with a link to a video clip that seems to suggest Margot is somehow still alive and a message to "Tell No One."
"Crisply and competently filmed...an intriguing sample of new-school French cinema..." Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
"A crafty, swift, subtly stylish thriller." Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
"...bristles with wit and energy." Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter
"...[a] canny, refreshingly emotional and intuitive thriller." Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
"...The Big Sleep meets Vertigo with a dash of CSI." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"Beautifully written and acted, Tell No One is a labyrinth in which to get deliriously lost." Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"A terrific mystery, equal parts haunting love story and nimble thriller." Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Editor's Note
TELL NO ONE starts off innocently enough: sunlight streams through the trees at a gorgeous summer home as an Otis Redding song plays. But the ominous title is apt: the events in this French thriller based a Harlan Coben novel soon turn dark. Happily married couple Alex (Franois Cluzet) and Margot (Marie-Jose Croze) go for a swim, but their idyllic evening is interrupted by a brutal attack. Alex is knocked unconscious, and his wife is murdered. Almost a decade later, that night still haunts Alex. He receives an email pointing him to a link to a live webcam, where he sees a woman who looks remarkably like his dead wife turn and stare into the camera. Hope and confusion mount, but a discovery at the crime scene causes Alex to become the prime suspect in his wife's death, a murder that was thought to have been solved years ago.When TELL NO ONE played in its native France, it picked up four Csar awards, the country's equivalent of the Oscar, and it's easy to see why. Director Guillame Canet (who also plays a small role in the film) has crafted a taut, well-told film. TELL NO ONE's narrative journey is filled with numerous twists and turns, but the audience is content to be along for the ride with Canet at the wheel. There are elements of Hitchcock and THE FUGITIVE, but the film never feels like a rip-off of the classics. It's a gripping, entertaining tale that features solid performances, especially from Canet (L'ENFER) and Kristin Scott Thomas in a supporting role.
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