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Read My Lips

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Carla Bhem (Emmanuelle Devos) has worked as a secretary for a property development company for a long time. Her job includes everything from handling files to dealing with suppliers. First to arrive in the morning, last out at night... And her reward? To be paid like a serf, treated like mud and ordered around like a dog. The name of the solution is Paul Angeli (Vincent Cassel), the new trainee she had hired that is fresh out of jail. She teaches him good manners and he teaches her bad ones.
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A clever and offbeat character study about two people discovering each other.

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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness May be the finest thriller/romance hybrid of the new century. Rated: A- May 4, 2005 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Mar 2, 2003 Full Review Geoff Pevere Toronto Star Audiard has created one of those rare, commercially released movies that trades in actual, honest-to-god surprise. Rated: 4/5 Oct 4, 2002 Full Review Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Crawling onto the razor's edge with bare hands, Jacques Audiard's film generates daringly uncomfortable, psychologically dangerous heat rarely found in romance of any stripe. Exhilaratingly paced, cleverly suspenseful and tastefully erotic. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 17, 2010 Full Review Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review Rated: 4/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Jean-François Vandeuren Panorama Un film en constante progression dmarrant sur la note d'un drame exceptionnel pour se terminer sous les traits d'un des suspenses les mieux nantis des annes 2000 Rated: 8/10 Mar 16, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alejandro I EMILIA PEREZ ES UNA BASURA‼️‼️‼️ Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/25 Full Review helder f This movie has a nice story, and good acting. I have found it too slow to start. Over forty five minutes to set the main story is too much. We could easily edit the first 45 minutes into 15 without losing anything substantial. The last 30 minutes are entertaining though. Some scenes are just too loud! There’s only so much office noise one can hear in 30 minutes... The two main characters are very odd and aren’t very likable characters to a point that their fate is not of much importance. In fact the movie just became of some interest to me in that I was interested to see the outcome of their theft. The whole notion that they have a great chemistry and sexual tension must be subjective… because I definitely didn't see it. Except for maybe the last couple of scenes. The only character I found likable was the parole officer -whose story escaped me. I had to fast forward through some of the long winded and repetitive scenes. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review Hagatha P Omigod sooooo sexy! Vincent Cassel is the best thing since Depardieu played Loulou in a scruffy leather jacket, an amazing jolie laide face of angles and mystery. A bit too violent for my taste, but the last scenes are so breathtakingly erotic, I gotta say five stars, hallelujah! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/06/24 Full Review nefasto r Good Romance / Thriller story. I particularly liked the two characters, and that is why I preferred the first part of the film, the introduction part, to the second part, with more action and less charm. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I feel like all these kinda french quasi-thrillers are overrated, but they aren't bad by any means. They're just way overrated. They almost always have pacing problems and story problems. But they're well-acted and do enough clever things. Anyway, see it. It's good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Surprising and refreshing. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Carla Bhem (Emmanuelle Devos) has worked as a secretary for a property development company for a long time. Her job includes everything from handling files to dealing with suppliers. First to arrive in the morning, last out at night... And her reward? To be paid like a serf, treated like mud and ordered around like a dog. The name of the solution is Paul Angeli (Vincent Cassel), the new trainee she had hired that is fresh out of jail. She teaches him good manners and he teaches her bad ones.
Director
Jacques Audiard
Producer
Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi
Screenwriter
Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista
Distributor
Magnolia Films
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Violence)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 5, 2002, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.4M
Runtime
1h 58m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)