Read My Lips (2001)
- Original title
- Sur mes lèvres
- Directed by
- Jacques Audiard
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, thriller film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- AL
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 375 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A nearly deaf secretary who is mistreated at work teams up with an ex-convict on parole. They grow close and help each other despite their different lives and initial wariness.
tensebleakslow-burngrittyunsettlingintimateemotionally rawmelancholic
What happens
Read My Lips (French: Sur mes lèvres) is a 2001 French film by Jacques Audiard, co-written with Tonino Benacquista. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Paul, an ex-con on parole, and Emmanuelle Devos as Carla, a nearly deaf secretary whose colleagues treat her disrespectfully, causing her to suffer. Despite their different backgrounds and initial fear of each other, they end up intimately related and helping each other. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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