Ne le dis à personne (2006)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Guillaume Canet

Writers:

Guillaume Canet (writer)
Harlan Coben (novel)
(more)

Release Date:

1 November 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | E Mail | Police | Death | Corpse

Awards:

9 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

François Cluzet	...	Alexandre Beck
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Margot Beck
André Dussollier	...	Jacques Laurentin
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Hélène Perkins
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
Jean-Pierre Lorit	...	Adjudant-chef Lavelle
Jalil Lespert	...	Yaël Gonzales
Eric Savin	...	Le procureur
Eric Naggar	...	Maître Pierre Ferrault
Philippe Canet	...	François Beck
Danièle Ajoret	...	Madame Beck (as Danielle Ajoret)
Daniel Znyk	...	Le médecin-légiste
Laurent Lafitte	...	Le Basque
Jean-Christophe Pagnac	...	Informaticien Valenti
Dorothée Brière	...	L'hôtesse de l'air
Jean-Noël Brouté	...	Docteur Dubois
Joël Dupuch	...	Homme massif
Martine Chevallier	...	Martine Laurentin
Thierry Neuvic	...	Marc Bertaud
Mikaela Fisher	...	Zak
François Bredon	...	Mouss
Christophe Veillon	...	Le douanier
Anne Marivin	...	Secrétaire d'Alex
Maxim Nucci	...	Assistant de Charlotte Bertaud (as Maxime Nucci)
Hugo Sélignac	...	Mannequin studio photo
Ludovic Bergery	...	Jeune policier (as Ludovic Bergerie)
Robin Marmisse	...	Alex enfant
Marie Martin	...	Margot enfant
Brooklyn Beral	...	L'enfant daltonien
Christelle Beral	...	Mme Abdibal, la mère de l'enfant daltonien
Sara Martins	...	L'amie de Bruno (as Sarah Martins)
Alexandra Mercouroff	...	La mère de Lucille
Lola Lefebvre	...	Lucille
Christian Carion	...	Le père de Lucille
Brian Lucas	...	Le tireur de la cité
Mamadou Gary	...	Joueur PlayStation
Pierre-Benoist Varoclier	...	Infirmier 1 (as Pierre-Benoît Varoclier)
Nicolas Mouchet	...	Infirmier 2
Karim Adda	...	Patient impatient
Christophe Rossignon	...	Policier scientifique
Saïd Bjaoui	...	Homme de main Valenti
Jean-Marc Valenti	...	Serveur café Internet
Pascal Rigot	...	Livreur de fleurs
Marie-Antoinette Canet	...	Secrétaire Maître Ferrault
Françoise Bertin	...	Antoinette Levkowitch
Andrée Damant	...	Simone
Jean Maurice Bonneau	...	Animateur concours hippique (as Jean-Maurice Bonneau)
Jérémie Covillault	...	Junkie du parking
Arnaud Henriet	...	Technicien SRPJ
Albert Goldberg	...	Bartola
Eva Saint-Paul	...	Madame Neuville
Raphaël de Crozals	...	L'enfant de l'aéroport
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
NiNa	...	La chienne
Alain Attal	...	Un passager à l'aéroport (uncredited)
Théo Chavannes	...	(uncredited)
Harlan Coben	...	Un inconnu à la gare (uncredited)
Arnaud Marciszewer	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Guillaume Canet

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Guillaume Canet		writer
Harlan Coben		novel "Tell No One"
Philippe Lefebvre		writer

Produced by
Alain Attal	....	producer
Luc Besson	....	executive producer
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam	....	executive producer
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
Mathieu Chedid		(as M)

Cinematography by
Christophe Offenstein

Film Editing by
Hervé de Luze

Casting by
Brigitte Moidon

Production Design by
Philippe Chiffre

Costume Design by
Carine Sarfati

Makeup Department
Eric Chavanon	....	hair stylist
Christine Dendeleuf	....	hair stylist
Chantal Durpoix	....	hair stylist
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	special makeup effects artist
Benoît Lestang	....	special makeup effects artist
Severine Marla Levy	....	hair stylist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen	....	key makeup artist
Valérie Ondarra	....	hair stylist
Gérald Portenart	....	key hair stylist
Olivier Seyfrid	....	hair stylist
Catherine Vidal-James	....	hair stylist (as Catherine Vidal)

Production Management
Adrien Adriaco	....	unit manager
Xavier Amblard	....	production manager
Martine Berléand	....	second assistant unit manager
Pierre-Olivier Daudens	....	assistant unit manager
Thomine de Pins	....	unit manager trainee: extra
Dominique Loiseau	....	assistant unit manager
Nicolas Mouchet	....	post-production manager
Vincent Piant	....	unit manager
François Pulliat	....	unit production manager
William Triaud	....	assistant unit manager (as William Trillaud)
Roxanne Vallet	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Timothée Augendre	....	trainee assistant director
Ludovic Bernard	....	first assistant director
Christel Bordon	....	third assistant director (as Chrystel Bordon)
Sylvain Bressolette	....	trainee assistant director
Stéphanie Champault	....	second assistant director
Laura Decourchelle	....	third assistant director
Victor Holl	....	additional assistant director
Benoît Magne	....	trainee assistant director
Stéphanie Possot	....	additional assistant director

Art Department
Marc Cataldo	....	storyboard artist
Lionel Mathis	....	set dresser
Marc Obin	....	assistant art director
Marc Obin	....	assistant production designer

Sound Department
Vincent Breau	....	first assistant sound
Bernard Chaumeil	....	boom operator
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Rémi Daru	....	trainee sound assistant
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Jean Goudier	....	sound editor
Gérard Lamps	....	sound re-recording mixer
Maëlle Le Coadic	....	assistant sound editor
Armelle Mahé	....	assistant sound mixer
Armelle Mahé	....	dialogue recordist
Armelle Mahé	....	foley recording engineer
Vincent Montrobert	....	dialogue editor
Franck Tassel	....	assistant foley artist
Jacques Tassel	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Jean-Baptiste Bonetto	....	special effects
Noel Chainbaux	....	special effects assistant
Yves Domenjoud	....	special effects supervisor
Daniel Lenoir	....	rain/snow effects

Visual Effects by
Servadio Adrien	....	digital artist
Benjamin Ageorges	....	digital artist
Béatrice Bauwens	....	visual effects coordinator
Stephane Bidault	....	visual effects supervisor
Christophe Chanvin	....	visual effects supervisor
Nicolas Delbecq	....	digital effects artist
Cédric Fayolle	....	digital compositor
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	....	digital artist
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	....	digital compositor
Simon Lehembre	....	I/O technician
Hugues Namur	....	visual effects supervisor
Johann Quéré	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Eric Blois	....	stunts
Daniel Breton	....	stunts
William Cagnard	....	stunts
Michel Carliez	....	stunt coordinator
Rudy Duong	....	stunts
Yves Girard	....	stunts
Christian Hening de Franceschi	....	stunts
Jean-Claude Lagniez	....	stunt coordinator
Catherine Lebegue	....	stunts
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunts
André Montreuil	....	stunts
Philippe Morel	....	stunt double
Philippe Morel	....	stunts
Audrey Ottaviano	....	stunts
Patrick Ronchin	....	stunt coordinator
Nathalie Villard	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Christophe Allain	....	additional assistant camera
Nouredyne Amroun	....	second assistant camera
Loïc Andrieu	....	additional Steadicam operator
Fabrice Bismuth	....	second assistant camera
Magali Sylvestre de Sacy	....	second assistant camera
Marie Deshayes	....	second assistant camera
Isabelle Dumas	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Julie Gaujour	....	additional assistant camera
Guillaume Genini	....	second assistant camera
Olivier Georges	....	grip
Lucas Leconte	....	assistant camera
Stella Libert	....	additional assistant camera
Jean-Claude Lother	....	still photographer
Stephen Mack	....	second assistant camera
Stephan Massis	....	camera operator: additional camera
Stephan Massis	....	director of photography: additional photography
Stephan Massis	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Baptiste Poeuf	....	video assist operator
Charlet Recors	....	helicopter camera operator
Benoît Rizzoti	....	second assistant camera
Olivia Roudon	....	additional assistant camera
Laurent Tangy	....	additional assistant camera
Michel Tessier	....	gaffer
Thomas Valaeys	....	additional assistant camera
Eric Vallée	....	first assistant camera
Antoine Vidal	....	additional assistant camera
Pierre Witzand	....	additional assistant camera

Casting Department
Laurent Couraud	....	extras casting
Sandra Marthon	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jérôme Brousseau	....	additional costumer
Caroline Condat	....	assistant costumer
Thierry Delettre	....	chief costumer
Janet Latimer	....	additional costumer
Marianne Le Calvez	....	additional costumer
Stéphane Linet	....	additional costumer
Michel Louzon	....	assistant costumer
Jacques Mazuel	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Margot Meynier	....	assistant editor
Carlos Pinto	....	additional assistant editor (as Carlos Pinto de Oliveira)

Music Department
Jérôme Lateur	....	music supervisor
Vincent Lebegue	....	music legal coordinator
Elise Luguern	....	music production supervisor
Alexandre Mahout	....	music assistant
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant music supervisor

Other crew
Thierry Artur	....	administrator
Christophe Aubry	....	locksmith
Christophe Bernard	....	location scout
Patrick Boshart	....	location scout
Arnaud Henriet	....	production assistant
Béatrice Humbert	....	location scout
Marie-Francine Le Jalu	....	assistant administrator
Emilie Maggiar	....	assistant administrator
Jean-Patrick Nourricier	....	trainee assistant manager
Emilie Pascaud	....	trainee script supervisor
Jean-Baptiste Poeuf	....	monitor man
Isabelle Querrioux	....	script supervisor
Dominique Segall	....	press attache
Hugo Sélignac	....	production assistant

Thanks
Harlan Coben	....	special thanks
Nicolas Sarkozy	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Les Productions du Trésor
• Europa Corp. (co-production)
• M6 Films (co-production)
• Caneo Films (co-production)
• Sofica Europacorp (in association with)
• Région Ile-de-France (with the support of)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• M6 Métropole Télévision (participation)

Distributors

• AOS (2007) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Alexandra Films (2007) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
• Cinergia (2007) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Media Pro Film Distribution (2007) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical) (French-speaking region)
• Music Box Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Noble Entertainment Group (2007) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment Group (2007) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment Group (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Pro Vision (2007) (Yugoslavia) (theatrical)
• Victory Productions (2006) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• West Video (2007) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• West Video (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (all media)
• MPI Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• MPI Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Madman Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (all media)
• Midget Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• Ocean Pictures do Brasil (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Revolver Entertainment (2007) (UK) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• AutreChose
• Les Versaillais

Other Companies

• DRPJ de Versailles  thanks
• Hôpital de Ville-Evrard  thanks
• Kodak  film stock
• Steadicamers  steadicam equipment

Also Known As:

Tell No One (International: English title)

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | USA:Unrated | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Adainville, Yvelines, France

Company:

Les Productions du Trésor

Trivia:

Cameo: [Harlan Coben]The writer appears as the tall bold man who follows Alexandre Beck in the station.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At one point in the movie the main character is on Yahoo mail; As he logs in the password he types ("olympia") appears in full letters, while in reality it would be hidden (you would only see "*******"). While technically the Firefox browser does have a plugin that reveals inputs in the password field, one can assume that most people don't use Firefox, much less have the plugin installed.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Tell No One (2011)

Soundtrack:

For Your Precious Love

Awesome French Thriller

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck (François Cluzet) misses his beloved wife Margot Beck (Marie-Josée Croze), 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.

I am a big fan of French cinema, but "Ne le Dis à Personne" is an awesome thriller and superseded my expectations. The story and the characters are well-developed and there are simply no flaws in the complex plot, with all the situations being perfectly explained. The cast is fantastic, giving credibility to their characters. Only now I have seen the number of awards and nominations of this great film. Congratulations, the people that made this film really deserve them. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Não Conte a Ninguém" ("Do not Tell Anybody")