Écoute le temps (2007) - film review
Alanté Kavaïté
Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller

Summary
Charlotte, a young sound engineer, is shocked when she learns that her
mother has been murdered at her home in the country. Realising
that she knew nothing of her mother’s life, Charlotte moves into her
farmhouse, hoping to find some trace of the woman who brought her into
the world. Whilst experimenting with her sound recording
equipment, she makes an extraordinary discovery. The walls appear
to be transmitting sounds from the past, sounds that, when assembled,
will enable Charlotte to reconstruct her mother’s life. She may
even be able to learn the identity of her killer...
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Credits
- Director: Alanté Kavaïté
- Script: Alanté Kavaïté
- Photo: Dominique Colin
- Cast: Émilie Dequenne (Charlotte), Mathieu Demy (Julien), Ludmila Mikaël (La mère de Charlotte), Jacques Spiesser (Le père de Charlotte), Etienne Chicot (M. Bourmel), Eva Ionesco (Mme Bourmel), Gilles David (Lieutenant Brenot), Joël Lefrançois (Le garagiste), Bruno Flender (Jérôme Blanc), Nadia Barentin (Mme Blanc), Chrystelle Labaude (Mme Viel), Roland Marchisio (M. Viel)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 87 min
- Aka: Fissures
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