Entre ses mains (2005)

Director:

Anne Fontaine

Writers:

Dominique Barbéris (novel)
Julien Boivent (writer)
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Release Date:

21 September 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In Lille, Claire Gauthier is an ordinary married woman with a young daughter that works in an insurance company analyzing losses of insured properties...

Plot Keywords:

Serial Killer | Flanders | Based On Novel

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Laurent Kessler
Isabelle Carré	...	Claire Gauthier
Jonathan Zaccaï	...	Fabrice Gauthier
Valérie Donzelli	...	Valérie
Bernard Bloch	...	Le directeur de la compagnie d'assurances
Véronique Nordey	...	Mme Kessler, la mère de Laurent
Michel Dubois	...	Père Claire
Martine Chevallier	...	Mère Claire
Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc	...	Le collègue de bureau
Dominique Dubois	...	Mme Gauthier la mère de Fabrice
Patrick Brasseur	...	M. Gauthier, le père de Fabrice
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre Diot
Sonia Hell
Agathe Louvieaux
Maximilien Poullein	...	Photographe (uncredited)

Directed by
Anne Fontaine

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dominique Barbéris		novel "Les kangourous"
Julien Boivent		writer
Anne Fontaine		writer

Produced by
Philippe Carcassonne	....	producer
Dominique Janne	....	co-producer
Bruno Pésery	....	producer
Luc Besson	....	associate producer (uncredited)
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Pascal Dusapin

Cinematography by
Denis Lenoir

Film Editing by
Luc Barnier
Philippe Ravoet

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat

Production Design by
Sylvain Chauvelot

Costume Design by
Jackie Budin

Makeup Department
Patrick Girault	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Julie Salvador	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph Rapp	....	first assistant director
Charles Senard	....	second assistant director
Charles Senard	....	second unit director

Art Department
Lionel Callari	....	property master
Eric Chemel	....	assistant art director
Laurence Vendroux	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Frank Ceven	....	assistant foley artist (as Franck Ceven)
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Maximilien Colcy	....	assistant sound
Franck Desmoulins	....	sound editor
Dominique Eyraud	....	assistant sound
Dominique Eyraud	....	boom operator
Jean-Pierre Laforce	....	sound mixer
Jean-Claude Laureux	....	sound
Jean-Claude Laureux	....	supervising sound editor
Stephane Rabeau	....	sound editor
Pascal Villard	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Aupetit	....	key grip
Sarah Couvelaire	....	assistant camera
Stéphane Degniau	....	assistant camera (as Stéphane Degnieau)
Dorothée Guermonprez	....	assistant camera
Olivier Merckx	....	steadicam operator
Thierry Valletoux	....	still photographer

Editorial Department
Charlotte Mazzinghi	....	intermediate color grader
Gerard Savary	....	color timer

Music Department
Christophe Julien	....	music arranger

Other crew
Romain Benoist	....	administrator
Florence Gatineau-Saillant	....	location scout
Maggie Perlado	....	script supervisor
Timothee Talandier	....	assistant location manager

Thanks
Laurence Picollec	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Soudaine Compagnie
• Ciné B (co-production)
• K-Star (co-production)
• Sofica Europacorp (participation)
• Banque Populaire Images 5 (participation)
• C.R.R.A.V. Nord Pas de Calais (participation)
• Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais (participation)
• Région Wallonne (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• TPS Cinéma (participation)
• K2 SA

Distributors

• Pathé (2005) (France) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Car Grip Films  grip equipment
• Studio de la Seine  music recorded at

Also Known As:

In His Hands (Australia) (TV title)
Kangourous, Les (France) (working title)

Runtime:

France:90 min

Country:

France | Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Belgium:KT | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | France:U

Company:

Soudaine Compagnie

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France #111393

Quotes:

Valérie: Gee, at times I feel like I'm in a cult!

Movie Connections:

References Vélo de Ghislain Lambert, Le (2001)

Soundtrack:

J'aime les filles

Been there, killed that

Anne Fontaine's disappointing Entre Ses Mains aka In His Hands is one of those films you've seen long before you actually watch it because it's been made by people who've seen too many films and think the best way to create a classic is to homage one somebody else made earlier to death. In this case the victim is Claude Chabrol's Le Boucher, relocated from a small village to a very metropolitan Lille, with Jean Yanne's butcher and possible serial killer and Stephane Audran's schoolteacher who falls in love with him reworked into Benoit Poelvoorde's insomniac vet prone to depression and Isabelle Carré's insurance claims adjuster. There are a few new wrinkles added to the mix – Carré's character is happily married but still drifts into a near-affair in spite of her doubts – and it's easy to see why the actors were attracted to the film since it places the emphasis firmly on the characters and performances rather than the thriller plot. Poelvoorde in particular is excellent, doing a Robin Williams to shake off his comic persona to reveal something more damaged underneath (although he had ventured into serial killer territory long before Williams with Man Bites Dog). There is one genuinely suspenseful sequence prior to the film's murder scene as well as a neat bit of business with a bloodstained cat, but once you make the Chabrol connection you know exactly where this is headed. Unfortunately in the intervening 25 years that particular road has become very well travelled and Fontaine and her co-writer Julien Boivent certainly haven't made any improvements. Including a scene where Poelvoorde invites Carré to watch him operate on a sleeping lion only makes you realise that they really liked Manhunter as well… It's not terrible by any means, just terribly familiar.