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Fissures

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A sound engineer (Émilie Dequenne) uncovers strange traces of past conversations on her tape machines as she investigates the murder of her clairvoyant mother.

Critics Reviews

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 08/17/2007
2/5
Kavaite's film is well made and acted but less than credible. Go to Full Review
Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) 08/17/2007
2/5
Having set up its line of murder suspects the film sheers off into supernatural hokum and never really recovers. Go to Full Review
Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) 08/17/2007
There are shades of the excellent Brian De Palma/John Travolta thriller Blow Out (1981) in this eerie little effort. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf DVDTalk.com 06/15/2009
B+
It doesn't take long for the sheer invention of the filmmaking to seep through the sludgy illusion, making for a perceptive, engaging thriller. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 08/17/2007
4/5
Assembled with insinuating skill by Kavaite into a gripping, involving, beautifully unfolding mystery. Go to Full Review
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10/15/2011 Fascinating film about a young sound engineer whose equipment "hears" into her mother's past. See more 06/11/2011 French suoernatural . Dark and foreboding, enough to put you off that remote French holiday home See more 09/03/2010 Les murs ont des oreilles... et une bouche visiblement ! Une jeune ingenieure du son ecoute les bruits du passe "enregistres" au fil du temps par la maison de sa mere "fraichement" assassinee, pour tenter d'elucider son meurtre. Situee dans une France profonde assez glauque (ambiance renforcee a l'image par du grain et une photographie sombre), une intrigue originale, sorte de declinaison rurale de "Blow out" de de Palma. La virtuosite en moins mais le climat se veut austere ici. Au rayon des reproches je releve surtout un changement abrupt de la nature de la relation entre E. Dequenne et M. Demy. Elle devient d'un coup plus familiere alors que quelques instants plus tot ils se connaissaient a peine. Ca sent les scenes coupees tentant de faire naitre une liaison ambigue entre les deux pour etoffer l'histoire sur le plan emotionnel... See more 08/27/2009 A French ghost story, which would make it esoteric enough, but this is one in which the ghosts can only be heard, not seen. The method by which this occurs is clunky, but there is a spooky atmosphere that always seems to be underplaying itself instead of ramping up. The murder mystery plot unfolds well and the ending is subtle. It's quite French, this. See more 06/06/2009 why am I watching so many French movies lately? A creepy detective story that I'm sure any music/audio major would love.. it's like The Ring meets White Noise. See more 03/18/2009 Interesting French thriller about a girl who discovers she can listen to the past events in the house that her mother was murdered. It's a little slow to start, and more intriguing than tense, but definitely worth a watch. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A sound engineer (Émilie Dequenne) uncovers strange traces of past conversations on her tape machines as she investigates the murder of her clairvoyant mother.
Director
Alanté Alfandari
Producer
Antoine Simkine
Screenwriter
Alanté Alfandari
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 11, 2016
Runtime
1h 27m