Read My Lips (Sur mes lèvres)
She teaches him good manners. He teaches her bad ones.
As a secretary, Carla Behm (Emmanuelle Devos - Winner "Best Actress" 2002 Cesar Awards) is overqualified despite a disability that forces her to wear hearing aids in both ears. Still, her coworkers ridicule her daily for her plain looks, all the while taking credit for her best work. She's on the verge of cracking until she gets permission to hire an assistant.
Enter Paul Angeli (Vincent Cassel - Crimson Rivers, Birthday Girl). He's a suave, light-fingered ex-con unqualified for the simplest of tasks. However when it comes time to steal a file a co-worker has pilfered from Carla's desk, Paul has all the skills that Carla requires. Soon he discovers Carla's uncanny ability to read lips, and their relationship becomes a seductive tango as Paul enlists Carla in a revenge plot against a crooked loan shark.
A masterfully crafted romantic thriller in the Hitchcock tradition, Read My Lips won Best Screenplay at the 2002 Cesar Awards. See what Lisa Schwarzbaum (Entertainment Weekly) calls, "An expert, refreshingly complex thriller."
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Great suspense - Konstantina
At first I didn't know where this movie was going but then I got hooked when the plot intensified. Both actors were great and very convincing, especially Carla who is a quiet woman who keeps to herself but is in desperate need for adventure. She finds herself going on a wild ride with Paul, an ex-con who ends up working in her office. Entertaining thriller!A Great Thriller - Fred_the_Philistine
This is a good movie, lots of plot, lots of characterization, and because it's a French moive that doesn't fit the Hollywood formula, there's lots of surprises. A deaf secretary is given the opportunity by her boss to hire an assistant. She goes to a temp agency and asks for a man, about 25 years old. She gets her wish only he's an ex-con who claims to know how to type, file and photo copy however poses no office skills at all. However, he does have lots of skills to make a bored girl's life more interesting. Enjoy!Captivating - xsparkleprincessx
This art film has an original, sexy, desperate quality that will entrance the viewer to the very end. The pace of the movie, the camera angles, and editing enhance the growing anxiety and sexual tension between a seemingly mismatched couple. The lead actress is quite compelling in the role of Carla; the audience tries to decipher her motives, her feelings, and her strenghts.
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Great suspense - Konstantina
At first I didn't know where this movie was going but then I got hooked when the plot intensified. Both actors were great and very convincing, especially Carla who is a quiet woman who keeps to herself but is in desperate need for adventure. She finds herself ...A Great Thriller - Fred_the_Philistine
This is a good movie, lots of plot, lots of characterization, and because it's a French moive that doesn't fit the Hollywood formula, there's lots of surprises. A deaf secretary is given the opportunity by her boss to hire an assistant. She goes to a temp ...Captivating - xsparkleprincessx
This art film has an original, sexy, desperate quality that will entrance the viewer to the very end. The pace of the movie, the camera angles, and editing enhance the growing anxiety and sexual tension between a seemingly mismatched couple. The lead actress ...