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The Black Box

Original title: La boîte noire
  • 20052005
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
1.8K
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The Black Box (2005)
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
Images flash through Arthur's brain, voices buzz in his mind, uttering disjointed words and sentences. Arthur Seligman seems to have had an accident but did he run over a little boy or not? ... Read allImages flash through Arthur's brain, voices buzz in his mind, uttering disjointed words and sentences. Arthur Seligman seems to have had an accident but did he run over a little boy or not? And what was he doing near Cherbourg while he lives in Paris? When he regains consciousnes... Read allImages flash through Arthur's brain, voices buzz in his mind, uttering disjointed words and sentences. Arthur Seligman seems to have had an accident but did he run over a little boy or not? And what was he doing near Cherbourg while he lives in Paris? When he regains consciousness (but does he really?) Isabelle Kruger, a nurse, tells him that he had lapsed into a coma... Read all
IMDb RATING
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1.8K
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  • Director
    • Richard Berry
  • Writers
    • Eric Assous
    • Tonino Benacquista(short story)
    • Richard Berry
  • Stars
    • José Garcia
    • Marion Cotillard
    • Michel Duchaussoy
Top credits
  • Director
    • Richard Berry
  • Writers
    • Eric Assous
    • Tonino Benacquista(short story)
    • Richard Berry
  • Stars
    • José Garcia
    • Marion Cotillard
    • Michel Duchaussoy
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    • 8User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Marion Cotillard in The Black Box (2005)
    José Garcia in The Black Box (2005)
    Marion Cotillard in The Black Box (2005)
    José Garcia in The Black Box (2005)
    José Garcia in The Black Box (2005)

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    José Garcia
    José Garcia
    • Arthur Seligman
    Marion Cotillard
    Marion Cotillard
    • Isabelle Kruger…
    Michel Duchaussoy
    Michel Duchaussoy
    • M. Seligman, le père d'Arthur
    Bernard Le Coq
    • Walcott…
    Héléna Noguerra
    Héléna Noguerra
    • Soraya
    Gérald Laroche
    • Le commissaire Koskas…
    Marisa Borini
    • Mme Seligman, la mère d'Arthur
    • (as Marysa Borini)
    Nathalie Nell
    • Dr. Brenner
    Lise Lamétrie
    • La gardienne
    Pascal Bongard
    Pascal Bongard
    • Clovis
    Steve Campos
    • Arthur Seligman (6 ans)
    Hugo Brunswick
    • Yvan Seligman (ado)
    Dominique Bettenfeld
    Dominique Bettenfeld
    • Policier 1
    Alexandre Donders
    Alexandre Donders
    • Le patron du café
    Arnaud Maillard
    • Le petit ami de Koskas
    Françoise Geier
    • La maîtresse d'école
    Olivier Vitrant
    • L'agresseur
    Christian Clessi
    • Un flic
    • Director
      • Richard Berry
    • Writers
      • Eric Assous
      • Tonino Benacquista(short story)
      • Richard Berry
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    • Trivia
      The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), mentioned by Arthur's doctor, is used to assess and record the level of consciousness of a patient after head injury. Three aspects are noted - the responses of a patient's eyes, his/ her verbal responses and motor responses. A score is generated which ranges from a low of 3 (deep unconsciousness) to 14 (or 15, depending upon which version of the scale is used). The GCS score can be used to give an indication of the level of brain injury (severe <9, moderate 9-12, minor >12).
    • Soundtracks
      L'Aria
      Written by Gaëlle Méchaly and Nathaniel Méchaly

      Performed by Gaëlle Méchaly

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    Top review
    4/10
    Berry give us a poor movie, badly directed...but with, as usual, a good performance for Garcia.
    Neither thriller (or very poor), nor fantastic (or missing the point), nor absolutely nothing maybe hardly an involuntary turnip...

    It's beautiful to care about the shape of a picture, it's even great when we make it well and the greatest stuff it's when we've got a rather solid story... now it's not the case here, the shape is soooo bad, traveling used like amateur, pretty bad effects (see it to believe), overbids of camera movements, thanks to the director for the bad use of the provided means. When you try to make a Fincher's like, well you put all your guts in it, or do it à la classical way, we even have difficulty in being moved by the loud failure at the box office, at least the producers will think twice before giving money to Berry, especially when he tries to put on life a story so stupid. The whole would have been able to make a parody of Lynch but not at all, just a poor story too conventional, it tries to make too much with the heaviness of an elephant, let us not forget the flat and phoned development and you see them coming like hurricane, sterile intrigue with no big sense but the best is the funny finale, just stupid and miserable. I can't imagine how hard the scriptwriter of Memento will laugh by looking this failure. The themes and their so-called symbolism (such as the guilt and love) are treated without sharpness with " the elegance of a bulldozer ", all themes giving without any serious psychology, it's like heard some people at the counter of a pub on a Saturday night. We shall note Garcia's fine interpretation, a baaad from Cotillard (as usual, bah, when we aren't an actress it's more difficult) and poor Lecoq who, no chance buddy, had to play an improbable and ridiculous character.

    This gives a bad B movies to put in "nanards"(ridiculous movies) of a conceited French cinema more and more sterile by trying to give itself some effects but finish like pure garbage.

    what a waste of time and money
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    • SamBennardo
    • May 16, 2006

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    • Release date
      • November 2, 2005 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Chiếc Hộp Đen
    • Filming locations
      • Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France
    • Production companies
      • EuropaCorp
      • TF1 Films Production
      • Canal+
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    • Budget
      • €8,400,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,116,667
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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