Caché
Alternative Title(s): Hidden
Writer: Michael Haneke
Producer: Andrew Colton, Valerio De Paolis, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz, Margaret Ménégoz, Michael Weber
Cast: Daniel Auteuil (Georges Laurent), Juliette Binoche (Anne Laurent), Maurice Bénichou (Majid), Annie Girardot (Georges's Mom), Bernard Le Coq (Georges's Editor-In-Chief), Walid Afkir (Majid's Son), Lester Makedonsky (Pierrot Laurent), Daniel Duval (Pierre), Nathalie Richard (Mathilde), Denis Podalydès (Yvon), Aïssa Maïga (Chantal), Caroline Baehr (Nurse), Christian Benedetti (Georges's Father), Philippe Besson (TV Guest), Loic Brabant (Police Officer No. 2 (as Loïc Brabant)), Jean-Jacques Brochier (TV Guest), Paule Daré (The Orphanage Attendant), Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (Bookstore Owner), Annette Faure (Georges's Mother, Young), Hugo Flamigni (Georges as a Child), Peter Stephan Jungk (Writer), Dioucounda Koma (Cyclist (as Diouc Koma)), Marie Kremer (Jeannette), Nicky Marbot (The Orphanage Driver), Malik Nait Djoudi (Majid as a Child), Marie-Christine Orry (Housekeeper), Mazarine Pingeot (TV Guest), Julie Recoing (Georges's Assistant), Karla Suarez (Novelist), Laurent Suire (Police Officer No. 1), Jean Teulé (TV Guest), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (Himself (archive footage)), Barbara Contini (Herself (archive footage)), François Négret (Man in elevator (uncredited))
Keywords: Apartment, Class Differences, Ambiguous Ending, Haunted By Past, Fast Motion Sequence, Revenge, Drawing, Social Differences, Long Take, Suicide, Swimming, School, Father Son Relationship, Videotape, Actual Animal Killed, Racism, Rewind, Senior Citizen, Psycho Thriller, Minimalism, Family Relationships, Childhood, Middle Class, Chicken, Axe, Celebrity, Television Show, No Music, Threat, Nightmare, Arab, Deceit, Guilt, Dysfunctional Marriage, Teen, Paris, Memory, Husband Wife Relationship, Little Boy, Algerian, Mother Son Relationship, Slit Throat
Summary: In Paris, Georges Laurent is a famous host of a literary talk show on TV, who lives in a comfortable house with his wife Anne and their teenager son Pierrot. When Georges and Anne receives videotapes of surveillance of their private life and weird and gore childlike drawings, they go to the police, but they do not get any protection since there is not a clear menace to the Laurent family. When Georges follows a clue in one of the tapes that shows his childhood home, he meets his former adopted brother, the Algerian Majid and accuses him of sending the tapes. Meanwhile, through glimpses of Georges' nightmares, his lies due to his jealous relationship with his foster brother are disclosed.
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A poster for "Ma Mere" starring Isabelle Huppert, star of Haneke's "The Piano Teacher" can be seen outside a movie theater.
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There is no music save for the theme on George's show.
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In the scene right after the main character leaves Hajid's apartment and hides in a movie theater we can see posters of several European successful films. One of them is "La mala educación" by Pedro Almodóvar, another one is "Les choristes" (2004) directed by Christophe Barratier.
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In Pierrot's bedroom there are movie posters for Lost in Space (1998), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Van Helsing (2004) and In Hell (2003).
Release Date: Saturday, May 14, 2005
Budget: $8,000,000
Gross: $3,634,407
Loss: $4,365,593
Rating: 7.3
Votes: 16,032
Referenced in: La mala educación