Tell No One (2006)
"Ne le dis à personne" (original title)

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse... See full summary »

Director:

Guillaume Canet

Writers:

Guillaume Canet, Harlan Coben (novel),

Stars:

François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier

9 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
François Cluzet	...	Alexandre Beck
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Margot Beck
André Dussollier	...	Jacques Laurentin
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Hélène Perkins (as Kristin Scott-Thomas)
François Berléand	...	Eric Levkowitch
Nathalie Baye	...	Maître Elysabeth Feldman
Jean Rochefort	...	Gilbert Neuville
Marina Hands	...	Anne Beck
Gilles Lellouche	...	Bruno
Philippe Lefebvre	...	Lieutenant Philippe Meynard
Florence Thomassin	...	Charlotte Bertaud
Olivier Marchal	...	Bernard Valenti
Guillaume Canet	...	Philippe Neuville
Brigitte Catillon	...	Capitaine Barthas
Samir Guesmi	...	Lieutenant Saraoui

Storyline

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Alex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive.

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Plot Keywords:

e mail | murder | pediatrician | police | suspect | 

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Taglines:

8 years ago, Alex's wife was MURDERED. Today... She e-mailed him.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Europa Corp. [fr] Official site [uk]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

1 November 2006 (France)

Also Known As:

Tell No One

Filming Locations:

Adainville, Yvelines, France

Box Office

Budget:

€11,700,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$169,707 (USA) (4 July 2008)

Gross:

$6,177,192 (USA) (6 February 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Productions du Trésor, EuropaCorp, M6 Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

131 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, author Harlan Coben had optioned off his novel to Hollywood, with director Michael Apted attached. During this time, director Guillaume Canet, who had loved the novel, had been calling up Coben with his take on the novel. Coben was immediately impressed with Canet's passion for the story, and his vision, stating that Canet understood that the novel was a love story first, and a thriller second, which Hollywood never got. When the option with Hollywood fell through, Coben contacted Canet and decided to give him a chance.

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Goofs

Early on in the film at a show jumping scene, the announcer says the video screen shows the rider winning at the European championships, but the video shows the rider jumping over jumps with the Olympic logo on them.

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Connections

Remade as Tell No One

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Soundtracks

"Hands of time"
Written by Andrew Cato, Tom Findlay (as Thomas Findlay) & Richie Havens (as Richard Havens)
Performed by Groove Armada feat. Richie Havens

User Reviews

Canet at Coben's height !

I read the masterly novel "Tell no one" by Harlan Coben and the movie by Guillaume Canet didn't disappoint me. And I want to precise that I'm very critical with novel's adaptations when I've read the book.

At first, I was surprised that a novel as great as this one become a French movie and not a Hollywood production. But I was "disappointed in good" (déçu en bien), as we say in Switzerland.

Canet respected very well Coben's work and the cast is absolutely excellent ! François Cluzet (with a resemblance with Dustin Hoffman) is a perfect Dr Beck. Kristin Scott-Thomas, André Dussolier (can be a naughty character too), Jean Rochefort and the others are great as well.

Finally a really great movie - the best French movie I've seen, I think

• as thrilling as the book ! "Ne le dis à personne" equals "Tell no

one".

Notice that the man who follows Beck in the station is Harlan Coben himself.