The Eavesdropper (2016)

La mécanique de l'ombre (original title)

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The unemployed Duval is contacted by a mysterious organization to transcribe intercepted calls. He accepts the job with no suspicions, since it restores stability to his life, but it will soon result in political shenanigans of all kinds.

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Thomas Kruithof

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A financially struggling man who is looking for work two years after suffering a burn-out. He gets hired by a mysterious employer to transcribe phone tapped conversations, which propels him into the heart of a large-scale political plot and gets him trapped in the French secret services underworld.

Still of Alba Rohrwacher in The Eavesdropper (2016)

Still of Denis Podalydès in The Eavesdropper (2016)

Still of Sami Bouajila and François Cluzet in The Eavesdropper (2016)

Still of François Cluzet and Denis Podalydès in The Eavesdropper (2016)

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Cast

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	François Cluzet	...	Duval
	Denis Podalydès	...	Clément (as Denis Podalydès de la Comédie Française)
	Sami Bouajila	...	Labarthe
	Simon Abkarian	...	Gerfaut
	Alba Rohrwacher	...	Sara
	Philippe Résimont	...	De Grugy
	Daniel Hanssens	...	Albert
	Bruno Georis	...	Le bras droit de Labarthe
	Olivier Bony	...	Le voisin
	Bernard Eylenbosch	...	L'homme de main
	Alexia Depicker	...	La responsable RH
	Nader Farman	...	Al-Shamikh
	Angelo Dello Spedale	...	Pernot
	Yves Jadoul	...	Le vieil homme du couloir
	Christian Hening	...	L'employé de ménage (as Christian Hening de Franceschi)
	Gaël Maleux	...	L'agent de la DGST
	Stefan Cuvelier	...	Le barman
	Jamal Hallouzi	...	L'homme qui crie au point-phone
	Xavier Wttrwulghe	...	L'agent de sécurité Tour Topaz
	Patrick Takou	...	Employé de ménage open space
	Lolita Meka	...	Employé de ménage open space
	Georges Vandekerkove	...	Homme de Clément 1
	Jean-Benoit Guillon	...	Homme de Clément 2
	Dominique Maréchal	...	Agent DGST
	Vincent Pannetier	...	Agent DGST
	Agathe Détrieux	...	L'auxiliaire de vie
	Stéphane Rimbert	...	Le passant
	Benoît Szternberg	...	Philippe Chalamont (affiche)
	Jean-Marie Winling	...	Voix Philippe Chalamont (voice)
	Aurélie Valat	...	Assistante de De Grugy (voice)
	Frédéric Clou	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Helena Coppejans	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Sophie Dufeu	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Frederic Etherlinck	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Carole-Anne Junchat	...	Voix écoutes (voice) (as Carole Junchat)
	Sandrine Laroche	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Jean-Marie Petiniot	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Martin Spinhayer	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Nicole Valberg	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin	...	Voix écoutes (voice)
	Elodie Gaillard	...	Voix journaliste (voice)
	Bernard Poirette	...	Voix journaliste (voice)
	Isabelle Labeyrie	...	Voix journaliste (voice)
	Mathilde Lemaire	...	Voix journaliste (voice)
	Yves Izard	...	Voix journaliste (voice)
	Adonis Danieletto	...	Assistant de De Grugy
	Javier Pinto	...	Employé open space
	Jean-Pierre Demarke	...	Employé open space
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Fabrice Godfroid	...	Employé open space

Directed by

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Thomas Kruithof

Written by

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Thomas Kruithof	...	(original scenario) &
Yann Gozlan	...	(original scenario)

Marc Syrigas	...	(collaboration) &
Aurélie Valat	...	(collaboration)

Produced by

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Julie Flament	...	post producer
Thibault Gast	...	producer
Sébastien Lagoszniak	...	supervising producer
Geneviève Lemal	...	co-producer
Alain-Gilles Viellevoye	...	financier
Matthias Weber	...	producer
Arlette Zylberberg	...	associate producer

Music by

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Gregoire Auger

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(as Grégoire Auger)

Cinematography by

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Alex Lamarque

Editing by

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Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin

Editorial Department

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Alexander Akoka	...	head of post production
Elie Akoka	...	colorist
Philippe Akoka	...	head of post production
Julien Blanche	...	colorist assistant
Hugo Brissaud	...	post-production coordinator
Simon Burdet	...	first assistant editor
Arnaud Cachau	...	post-production coordinator
Mathieu Cauville	...	dailies operator
Clarisse Cornély	...	post-production coordinator
Etienne Moinet Garcia	...	i/o operator
Frédéric Geffroy	...	dailies
Anaïs Koen	...	technical assistant editor
Théo Madar	...	technical assistant editor
Amanda Nohrborg	...	technical assistant editor
Clara Sansarricq	...	post-production coordinator
Elie Tisné	...	i/o operator
Romain Verney	...	technical assistant editor

Casting By

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Michael Laguens

Costume Design by

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Christophe Pidre

Makeup Department

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Frédéric Balmer	...	special makeup effects artist
Peggy Bernaerts	...	hair & make up artist
Alice Robert	...	key makeup artist

Production Management

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Charlotte Duliere	...	co-production executive: Scope Pictures
Antoine Lepetit	...	administrateur
Marilyne Maia	...	production manager: Scope Pictures
Sandrine Paquot	...	production manager
Sabine Raskin	...	assistant production manager
Sabrina Seillier	...	set unit manager
Nora Thomas	...	assistant production manager: Scope Pictures

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Guillaume du Laurent	...	second assistant director
Ludovic Giraud	...	first assistant director
Morgane Mingers	...	third assistant director

Art Department

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Samuel Buisseret	...	graphic designer
Manuel Demoulling	...	propmaster/standby
Thierry François	...	Production designer
Françoise Joset	...	set designer (as Francoise Joset) / set designer

Sound Department

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Louis Bart	...	assistant sound editor
Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard	...	sound (as Nicolas Bouvet)
Guadalupe Cassius	...	dialogue editor
Jon Goc	...	supervising sound editor
Sandy Notarianni	...	sound editor
Pierre Picq	...	boom operator
Nicolas Provost	...	sound mixer
Gregory Vincent	...	foley artist
Alexandre Widmer	...	foley and adr mixer / music re-recording mixer / re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by

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Benjamin Ageorges	...	visual effects supervisor
Thomas Arnoux	...	digital compositor
Stephane Bidault	...	visual effects director
Simon Binaut	...	digital compositor
Colin Journee	...	digital compositor
Mathieu Jussreandot	...	visual effects coordinator
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	...	digital compositor
Mathieu Legros	...	lead compositor
Renaud Quilichini	...	digital compositor

Stunts

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Yves Girard	...	stunt performer
Jean-Benoit Guillon	...	stunt driver
Michel Julienne	...	stunt coordinator: car stunts
Olivier Schneider	...	stunt coordinator
Sebastien Soudais	...	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

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Léonidas Arvanitis	...	first assistant camera
Gauthier Berlaimont	...	best boy
Loïc Carrera	...	third assistant camera
Mathieu Cauville	...	d.i.t
Benoît Delfosse	...	electrician
Jérôme Di Cola	...	additional electrician
Amaury Duquenne	...	additional first assistant camera
Stanislas Etenaille	...	additional electrician
Guillaume Fairon	...	grip assistant
Vincent Piette	...	gaffer
Laure Portier	...	additional second assistant camera
Thierry Ramanana	...	grip
Jean-François Roqueplo	...	key grip
Edwin Van Den Hove	...	additional grip
Nicolas Velter	...	still photographer
Jo Vermaercke	...	steadicam operator
Eirini Zevgoli	...	second assistant camera

Casting Department

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Michaël Bier	...	casting belgium
André Della Faille	...	extras casting
Annie Laloy	...	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Samira Benali	...	assistant costume designer
Raphaelle Debattice	...	textile artist

Location Management

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Julien De Smet	...	locations
Dominique Frizat	...	location scout
Muriel Kuypers	...	location assistant
Roger Schins	...	location manager

Music Department

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Cédric Culnaërt	...	Music Editor
Varda Kakon	...	music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Christine Richard

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continuity girl

Transportation Department

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Ludwig Töpke

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transportation coordinator

Additional Crew

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Nancy Brasseur

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production accountant

Thanks

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Julie Flament	...	thanks
Mikael Muller	...	thanks

Production Companies

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2425 Films
Scope Pictures (co-production)
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (co-production)
Canal+ (participation)
Orange Cinéma Séries (participation)
La Wallonie (participation)
A Plus Image 6 (in association with)
Cofimage 27 (in association with)
SofiTVCiné 3 (in association with)

Distributors

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Europictures (2017) (Italy) (theatrical)
Océan Films (2017) (France) (theatrical)
Odeon (2017) (Greece) (theatrical)
Temperclayfilm (2017) (Germany) (theatrical)
At Entertainment (2016) (Japan)
Lighthouse Home Entertainment (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
Lighthouse Home Entertainment (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
TeleScope Film Distribution (2016) (Belgium)
WOWOW Cinema (2017) (Japan) (tv)
WTFilms (2016) (World-wide) (except France and Belgium)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Film Factory (post-production)
The Drawing Agency (talent agency)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords	one-word-title office-worker office fired-from-a-job alcoholic See All (90) »
Genres	Action Mystery Thriller
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	France:Tous publics Germany:12 Italy:T (DVD rating) Norway:15 (VOD) Spain:12 (TV rating) Switzerland:14 United Kingdom:15

Additional Details

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Also Known As	The Eavesdropper (World-wide, English title) The Eavesdropper (Canada, English title) The Eavesdropper (United States) Scribe (Ireland, English title) Scribe (United Kingdom) See more »
Runtime	91 min
Country	Belgium France
Language	French
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	2.35 : 1 See more »
Filming Locations	Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium See more »

Box Office

Budget

$5,200,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia

Duval being hired to perform a menial and seemingly pointless administrative task, working alone in an empty office space, is very similar to the establishing plot of the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League", in which pawnbroker Jabez Wilson is hired by the fictitious League to daily attend an otherwise empty office and copy out pages from the Encyclopedia Britannica by hand. See more »

Goofs

We see Duval (François Cluzet) typing with two fingers, but in the close-ups we see the hands typing with ten fingers. See more »

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