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Read My Lips (French: Sur mes lèvres) is a 2001 French film by Jacques Audiard, co-written with Tonino Benacquista. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Paul, an ex-con on parole, and Emmanuelle Devos as Carla, a nearly deaf secretary whose colleagues treat her disrespectfully, causing her to suffer.
Jul 26, 2002 · Read My Lips: Directed by Jacques Audiard. With Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Perrier. She is almost deaf and he lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
- (17K)
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Jacques Audiard
- 2002-07-26
Read My Lips. R Released Jul 5, 2002 1h 58m Drama Mystery & Thriller List. 97% Tomatometer 96 Reviews 82% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Carla Bhem (Emmanuelle Devos) has worked as a secretary...
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- Jacques Audiard
- R
- Vincent Cassel
Jul 19, 2002 · Carla ( Emmanuelle Devos) is in her 30s, with ordinary looks; she seems to exist as an invisible service to others. She has no social life, has neighbors who dump their kids for baby-sitting, and lives in a world of shouts and whispers, depending on the function of her hearing aids.
This rich character study defies the conventions of the thriller while delivering a deeply satisfying experience for genre fans. With daring sound design and impeccable performances by Emmanuelle Devos and Vincent Cassel, Read My Lips is a gripping entry in Jacques Audiard’s (A Prophet) oeuvre.
- (6.9K)
- Jacques Audiard
As Paul, fresh out of jail, hapless and homeless, warily becomes the object of her charity, he becomes increasingly intrigued at her ability to read lips. While he becomes her defender in the workplace, she agrees to spy on a gang working on a heist.
Jacques Audiard's films expose the reality beneath the gloss of French society. He made his name by puncturing the myth of the Resistance. Now he has turned his attention to the false glamour of...
