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In Your Hands

Original title: Contre toi
  • 20102010
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
787
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In Your Hands (2010)
Drama
An act of revenge takes an unexpected turn in this psychological drama from French Writer and Director Lola Doillon. Anna (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) flees a house on the outskirts of Paris ... Read allAn act of revenge takes an unexpected turn in this psychological drama from French Writer and Director Lola Doillon. Anna (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) flees a house on the outskirts of Paris and returns home, careful to tell no one where she's been or what she's been doing. The ne... Read allAn act of revenge takes an unexpected turn in this psychological drama from French Writer and Director Lola Doillon. Anna (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) flees a house on the outskirts of Paris and returns home, careful to tell no one where she's been or what she's been doing. The next day, after an ordinary day of work as an OB-GYN, Anna stops at a Police station and rep... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
787
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    • Lola Doillon
    • Lola Doillon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Pio Marmaï
    • Jean-Philippe Écoffey
    • Lola Doillon
    • Lola Doillon(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Pio Marmaï
    • Jean-Philippe Écoffey
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    • 4User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    Kristin Scott Thomas
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Anna Cooper
    Pio Marmaï
    Pio Marmaï
    • Yann
    Jean-Philippe Écoffey
    Jean-Philippe Écoffey
    • Policier déposition
    Marie-Sohna Condé
    • Caroline
    • (as Marie-Sohna Conde)
    Marie-Christine Orry
    • Concierge
    Vinciane Millereau
    • Milène
    Sophie Fougère
    • Policier accueil
    Jean-Louis Tribes
    • Michel
    Laurent Cyr
    • Policier 1
    Olivier Galliano
    • Policier 2
    Noëlle Boisson
    • La mère d'Anna
    • (voice)
    Mic Cheminal
    • La mère de Yann
    • (voice)
    Alain Lévy
    • Le concierge
    • (voice)
    Marie Da Costa
    • La secrétaire
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    Stanislas Thuret
    • Le fils de Michel
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      • Lola Doillon(screenplay)
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    5/10
    Disappointing
    This is a movie about Stockholm Syndrome, where a middle-aged woman is kidnapped by a man holding a grudge and a relationship develops between the two. The English release title of In Your Hands is actually the director's preferred title, Doillon wanted the French equivalent Entre Tes Mains, but it was already taken so she went for Contre Toi, which has a dual meaning of being against you as in being your adversary, but also against you as in leaning against your body.

    For me it was a sick love story with no value, Átame! without the humour, however one of the women in the audience was close to tears when asking a question about the movie, which suggests to me that there is a lot of resonance for lonely professional women of a certain age, which kidnapped Anna (Kristin Scott Thomas) definitely is. The acting from Scott Thomas is superb, but I think the film pulled a punch by having kidnapper Yann played by an extremely handsome actor (Pio Marmai). Kristin Scott Thomas apparently had an "in" to the role as one of her friends had once been kidnapped for several days.

    For me the big nail in the coffin of the movie, is that it just isn't cinematic, there's hardly any added value over what you could get from the theatre, a total lack of ambition in terms of mise-en-scene.
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      • February 2, 2011 (France)
      • France
      • French
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      • Angoulême, Charente, France
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      • Ce Qui Me Meut Motion Pictures
      • Origami Films
      • Mars Films
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