Le pacte du silence (2003)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Graham Guit

Writers:

Marcelle Bernstein (novel)
Roselyne Bosch (writer)

Release Date:

5 March 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

The truth behind the secret is a lie.

Plot:

Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent...

Plot Keywords:

Twins | Priest | Carmelite | Convent | Paris

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Joachim
Élodie Bouchez	...	Gaëlle / Sarah
Carmen Maura	...	Mère Emmanuelle
Isaac Sharry	...	Morel
Tsilla Chelton	...	Mère Joseph
Estelle Larrivaz	...	La soeur archiviste
Anne Le Ny	...	La soeur infirmière
Wojciech Pszoniak	...	L'archevêque (as Wojtek Pszoniak)
Isabelle Candelier	...	La psychiatre
Hervé Pierre	...	Marcel
Manuela Gourary	...	Chantal
Philippe Du Janerand	...	Chaumelle, le scientifique
Marie-Sohna Conde	...	Mica
Lucie Le Bras	...	Gaëlle / Sarah à 14 ans
Charlotte Bonnet	...	Suzanne Chaumelle
Christian Chauvaud	...	Chauffeur fourgon
Vincent Jouan	...	Officier fourgon
Emmanuel Avena	...	Dandy
Nicky Marbot	...	Rablé
Marie Vincent	...	L'infirmière-chef
Patrice Bornand	...	Le sacristain
Fabien Billet	...	Joachim à 16 ans
Numa Faubert	...	Le copain de Joachim
Lenny Guit	...	Lenny Chaumelle
Harpo Guit	...	Harop Chaumelle
Lulma Guit	...	Fille Chaumelle
Numa Goldman	...	Jumeau Ferrer 1
Thaddée Goldman	...	Jumeau Ferrer 2
Daniel Isoppo	...	L'inconnu du jardin
Teresa Madruga	...	La matonne
Miguel Hurst	...	L'interne
Lucinda Loureiro	...	La gardienne de prison
Patrícia Bull	...	La mère de l'enfant noyé
Jode Moreira	...	Le douanier Brésil
Orlando Costa	...	Le chauffeur hôtel
Ana Magaia	...	Santa
Augusto Portela	...	Le policier
Elsa Wallencamp	...	La religieuse carmel
Patrice Cols	...	Le collègue de Chaumelle
Nicolas Meudec	...	Le copain tabassé

Directed by
Graham Guit

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marcelle Bernstein		novel "Sacred and Profane"
Roselyne Bosch		writer

Produced by
Alain Goldman	....	producer
Catherine Morisse	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Patrick Blossier

Film Editing by
Marie-Blanche Colonna

Casting by
Marie-Christine Lafosse
Patrícia Vasconcelos

Production Design by
Denis Renault

Costume Design by
Nathalie du Roscoat

Makeup Department
Maryse Faure	....	key hair stylist
Turid Follvick	....	key makeup artist
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	special makeup effects artist
Benoît Lestang	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Olivier Chiavassa	....	production director
Nicolas Dancel	....	assistant unit manager
Edouard Dupont	....	unit manager
Cathy Lemeslif	....	production manager
Sophie Moulin	....	unit manager trainee
Laurent Rizzon	....	unit manager
Zohra Sougmi	....	post-production supervisor
Elisabeth Wittersheim	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
João Cayatte	....	assistant director: Portugal
Natalie Engelstein	....	first assistant director
Maria José Monteiro	....	assistant director
Caroline Redy Pinto	....	second assistant director
Atlas Vidal de la Blache	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Marie José Arnautin	....	head painter
Fabienne Couvreur	....	painter
Sebastien Gache	....	painter
Justine Gasquet	....	second assistant art director
Mireille Gauron	....	upholsterer
Jean-Philippe Geoffriau	....	first assistant art director
Antoine Gerber	....	painter
Madalena Guerreiro	....	painter
Jean-François Huet	....	construction manager
Alain Mac Keldey	....	property master
Jean-Marie Milon	....	constructor
Vincent Panossian	....	constructor
Frédéric Poulet	....	painter
Frédéric Rigaud	....	painter
Janou Shammas	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Vincent Arnardi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Emmanuel Augeard	....	sound editor
Marc-Antoine Beldent	....	sound
Matthieu Bricout	....	sound assistant
Isabelle Filippi	....	post-synchronization
Michel Filippi	....	post-synchronization
François Lepeuple	....	foley editor
Olivier Marlangeon	....	assistant foley editor
Frédéric Mascaras	....	sound assistant
John Timperley	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Sara Helminger	....	special effects (as Sara Helmlinger)
Olivier Zenenski	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Pierre Blain	....	Inferno artist
Pierre Blain	....	digital compositor
Olivier Debert	....	digital compositor
Thierry Flament	....	digital compositor
Joyce Menger	....	production: Eclair Numerique
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects
Philippe Reinaudo	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Philippe Soeiro	....	visual effects supervisor: Eclair Numerique
Gérard Soirant	....	scanning & film recording assistant

Stunts
Stéphane Boulay	....	stunts
Jacques Delahaye	....	stunt double: G. Depardieu
Cyrille Hertel	....	stunt coordinator
Karim Hocini	....	stunts
Claire Leroy	....	stunts
Nicolas Meudec	....	stunts
Camille Revuz	....	stunt double: L. Le Bras

Camera and Electrical Department
Jérôme Alméras	....	first assistant camera
Carlos Antunes	....	electrician: Portugal
Paulo Jorge Antunes	....	Steadicam operator: Portugal
Pascal Auguié	....	still photographer (as Pascalito)
Eric Blanckaert	....	second assistant camera
Armando Chourico	....	grip: Portugal
Miguel Efe	....	grip: Portugal
Thibault Grabherr	....	still photographer
Emmanuel Hauvel	....	electrician
Pascal Henin	....	electrician
Rachid Madaoui	....	gaffer
Miguel Malheiros	....	assistant camera: Portugal
Adam Rosenski	....	Steadicam operator
Maria João Schreck	....	assistant camera: Portugal
Mário Soares	....	electrician: Portugal
Mário Soares	....	gaffer
Rui Torres	....	electrician: Portugal
Yves Vandersmissen	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie-José Alvarez	....	costumer
Marie-Laure Lasson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Elodie Mittet	....	assistant editor
Bruno Patin	....	color timer

Other crew
Virginie Barbay	....	script supervisor
Marie-Anne Bedel	....	production assistant
Michel Boyard	....	assistant: Gérard Depardieu
Pierre Cadeac	....	animal trainer
Nicole Cobac	....	production administrator
Axel Decis	....	production assistant
Laetitia Dom	....	production secretary: France
Pascal Fouineau	....	location manager
Rodolphe Lanaro	....	location scout
Odile Micheneau	....	production administrator
Catherine Pradere	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Légende Entreprises
• Studio Canal
• TF1 Films Production

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Films (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2003) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Italy) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cinécool  titles
• Dovidis  re-recording sound stages
• Key Grip Systems  grip equipment
• Transpalux  electrical material

Also Known As:

Pact of Silence (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and language.

Runtime:

France:95 min | Canada:89 min (DVD) | Argentina:95 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Denmark:11 | France:U | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Argentina:13 | Philippines:R-18

Company:

Canal+

Preposterous fun

Twin sisters (shades of CRIMSON RIVERS!), one in prison for infanticide and the other locked away in a convent, catch the attention of a spiritually troubled priest-doctor played by Depardieu in "anything-for-a-paycheck" fashion. Everyone, it turns out, harbors a Big Secret which the film unfortunately telegraphs at every opportunity. Loads of bad dialog and atrocious acting, and perfect for playing MSTK3 with, as we did the night we watched it. It all builds to a perfectly splendid Hitchcockian finale right out of VERTIGO, if you can stay awake long enough.