La chambre des morts (2007)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Alfred Lot

Writers:

Alfred Lot (writer)
Franck Thilliez (novel)

Release Date:

14 November 2007 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Hit By Car | Person On Fire | Diabetic | Animal | Kidnapping

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mélanie Laurent	...	Lucie Hennebelle
Eric Caravaca	...	Moreno / Pierre Norman
Gilles Lellouche	...	Sylvain
Jonathan Zaccaï	...	Vigo
Céline Sallette	...	Annabelle
Laurence Côte	...	Alex
Jean-François Stévenin	...	Léon
Nathalie Richard	...	Valet
Stéphane Jobert	...	Raviez
Antoine Oppenheim	...	Colin
Alexandre Carrière	...	Stan
Fanny Cottençon	...	La mère de Lucie
Jean-Pierre Gos	...	Van Boost
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lola Créton
Édith Le Merdy

Also Known As:

Chamber of Death (Canada: English title) (DVD title)
Melody's Smile (Europe: English title) (festival title)
Room of Death (USA)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

France:-12 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France

Company:

Produire à Paris

Trivia:

Cunar, the man killed by accident by Vigo and Sylvain at the beginning of the movie was played by Jacques Hinstin, the movie's executive producer.

Very intense thriller

With a few situations similar to the Silence of the Lamb; LA CHAMBRE DES MORTS is able to become a complete different and original thriller. Two men hit with a car a person (and kill him) carrying a bag full of money. They take the money and dispose the body however that money was the ransom for a kidnapped girl who is murdered. Another girl, a diabetic one, is kidnapped so a police woman and her partner follow the case. The story follows different directions; the two men who stole the money, the kidnappers, the police and even the kidnapped girl in a brief escape attempt to cross paths near the end. The investigation in itself is realistically resolved; which somewhat drags the first half of the movie. During the second half, several very intense situations raise the tension towards a final act, somewhat similar (but far from equal) to the Jonathan Demme's film. Melanie Laurent, gives an interesting performance as the single mother of two babies' police woman; trying to take care of her siblings while trying to find the killers. While the rest of the cast keeps the level above average. It is important to note that while the gore and violence level are not high; some situations and images are very intense. The movie was rated OVER 12 YEARS OLD in France; which is something like an R here in USA.