Corps à corps (2003)

Director:

François Hanss

Writer:

Arthur-Emmanuel Pierre (writer)

Release Date:

23 April 2003 (France)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Les cicatrices du passé ne disparaissent jamais

Plot Keywords:

Lyon France | Child In Coma | Nudity | Car Accident | Fake Accident

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Emmanuelle Seigner	...	Laura Bartelli
Philippe Torreton	...	Marco Tisserand
Clément Brilland	...	Jeannot
Vittoria Scognamiglio	...	Doris
Yolande Moreau	...	L'institutrice
Marc Duret	...	Docteur Azzeri
Maurice Lamy	...	Le patron du Moon Side
Lucien Jérôme	...	Employé EDF
Christian Pereira	...	Professeur Marcellin
Eloïse Beaune	...	Infirmière Nice (as Héloïse Beaune)
Tony Gaultier	...	Policier brigade (as Tony Gauthier)

Also Known As:

Body to Body (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:101 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

Carrère Groupe

Familiar Evil Husband Plot With a Bizarre Twist

CORPS A CORPS aka BODY SNATCH (3 outta 5 stars) Decent enough French thriller which will undoubtedly be remade in America one day starring Charlize Theron or Ashley Judd or someone of that stature. This French version stars Emmanuelle Seigner (Mrs. Roman Polanksi) as a stripper who is actively courted by a strange little man who keeps coming to her club. Finally having had enough of the sleazy life of a dancer she decides to marry him and begin a new life. Unfortunately she is then involved in a terrible car crash and wakes up from a coma six months later covered in scars. Her faithful suitor has stayed by her side all this time. They get married and have a son. Five years later some suspicions begin to arise about the circumstances of the crash and the secret past of her husband. I don't want to give anything away because the husband's secrets are pretty bizarre (and even a little hard to swallow). The acting and the script are well-done enough to let you forgive some of the lapses in logic that tend to occur in these sorts of movies. The last half hour in particular seems to follow the predictable thriller pattern but the acting will keep your attention focused on what's going to happen next.