Lemming (2005)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Dominik Moll

Writers:

Gilles Marchand (writer)
Dominik Moll (writer)

Release Date:

11 May 2005 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of his own wife, seemingly possessed by the soul of the deceased...

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Lemming | Murder | It Company | Dream Like

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Laurent Lucas	...	Alain Getty
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Bénédicte Getty
Charlotte Rampling	...	Alice Pollock
André Dussollier	...	Richard Pollock
Jacques Bonnaffé	...	Nicolas Chevalier
Véronique Affholder	...	Francine
Michel Cassagne	...	Le vétérinaire
Florence Desille	...	L'infirmière
Emmanuel Gayet	...	Le médecin de garde
Félix Gonzales	...	Félix, le fils du voisin
Nicolas Jouhet	...	L'employé des eaux
Fabrice Robert	...	Bruno
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Natacha Boussaa	...	Une call-girl

Runtime:

129 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Ireland:15A | Italy:VM14 | Sweden:11 | USA:Not Rated | Hungary:16 | Singapore:PG | Germany:12 | South Korea:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Hauts de Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Company:

Diaphana Films

Trivia:

The film opened the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The "flying web cam" does not have a tail rotor.

Soundtrack:

Julia's Rag

Cool, but lacking in angst

A cool thriller with a supernatural air, 'Lemming' has much to commend it, including a walk on role (so to speak) for the Pic du Midi d'Osseau, one of my favourite Pyrennean mountains. The story is actually quite limited, but M. Pollock and his wife both make an interesting pair of monsters and a frighteningly believable couple, and the movie's four-handed structure pits them nicely against the model pairing of the hero and his wife. Ultimately, it might have been better had the lemmings of the title seemed more connected to the meat of the story; but the acting is good, even if the hero is just a little too reserved for us to really feel his angst.