Summary
In an attempt to forget her troubled past, Jeanne Quester throws
herself body and soul into her work. By day, she works as a
psychiatrist for the emergency services, by night she hosts a popular
radio phone-in programme. Now that her divorce has been
settled, Jeanne has finally found peace and order in her life.
Then, one evening, during her radio programme, she receives a phone
call that brings the past flooding back. It is Faber, the madman
who butchered Jeanne’s parents...
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Credits
- Director: Élisabeth Rappeneau
- Script: Jacques Audiard, Stuart Kaminsky (novel), Élisabeth Rappeneau
- Photo: William Lubtchansky
- Music: Philippe B. Gall
- Cast: Catherine Deneuve (Jeanne Quester), André Dussollier (Frank Quester), Martin Lamotte (Simon Lieberman), Etienne Chicot (Roger), Ines Claye (Pauline), Madeleine Marie (Ida Faber), Philippe Lehembre (Faber), Daniel Rialet (Fred Bastin), Alain Stern (Mac Gregor), Martine Chevallier (Marie), Josiane Stoléru (Véronique, la dame de l’agence), Jean Pélégri (Dr. Pastor), René Bouloc (M. Chauveau), Humbert Balsan (Alexian), Alain Fromager (Le patient qui délire), Annie Mercier (Mme Fremont), Gérard Couderc (M. Fremont), Pascal Nguyen Nhon (Jean-Etienne Shong)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 103 min
- Aka: Frequent Death; Listening in the Dark
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