House of Voices (2004)
"Saint Ange" (original title)

In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans moved to new families with the administrator Francard. Anna, ... See full summary »

Director:

Pascal Laugier

Writer:

Pascal Laugier

Stars:

Virginie Ledoyen, Lou Doillon, Catriona MacColl

Cast

Credited cast:
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Anna Jurin
Lou Doillon	...	Judith
Catriona MacColl	...	Francard
Dorina Lazar	...	Ilinca
Virginie Darmon	...	Mathilde
Jérôme Soufflet	...	Daniel
Marie Herry	...	Marie
Eric Prat	...	Le responsable des services sociaux
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marin Chouquet	...	Alex

Storyline

In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans moved to new families with the administrator Francard. Anna, who is secretly pregnant, meets the last orphan , Judith, left behind because of her mental problems, and they become closer when Anna find that Judith also hear voices and footsteps of children. Anna investigate the place trying to disclose the secret about the invisible children.

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Plot Keywords:

orphanage | secret | drawing | female rear nudity | foetus | 

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Taglines:

You're staying here alone? Are you sure?

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some nudity and disturbing images

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

23 June 2004 (France)

Also Known As:

House of Voices

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$420,975 (Spain) (10 June 2005)

Gross:

$661,887 (Spain) (17 June 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castel Film Romania, Eskwad, France 3 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Mexico the film was released with the title "El Convento" ("The Convent") as the action happens in an orphanage. In fact, you can see only two nuns in the movie

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Goofs

In the scene where Anna breaks the glass in the bathroom and tries to get in, a man with a camera can be seen in the remaining mirror.

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Connections

Referenced in Viande d'origine française (2009)

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Soundtracks

"I'm in the mood for love"
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Performed by Vera Lynn, Charlie Kunz and the Casani Club Orchestra

User Reviews

Why bother?

OK, I agree with most of the comments here but really the music of Joseph Lo Duca was not so bad. It was I think the best part of this banal movie.

But for everything else? Absolute merde, as you French say. True, people here also fell asleep or walked out of the movie, which happens all the time with all the bad movies, even with 'special events' movies with the director and actors present, Italians are not shy to walk out or snore loud if they believe the movie is bad. We care of course but we are more honest about our feelings.

When this movie ended, I had to go home and watch some real movies in my DVD collection just to cleanse myself of the disaster that is called "Saint Ange" and also it seemed much much longer than it's running time. It was more like watching a 3 hour movie probably because nothing was happening in the plot and I kept looking at my watch and waiting for the finale which is also hopeless and stupid but not surprising considering the rest of this movie was just as miserable.