Écoute voir... (1979)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Hugo Santiago

Writers:

Claude Ollier (writer)
Hugo Santiago (writer)

Release Date:

7 March 1979 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Mind Control | Radio Wave | Private Detective | Inventor | Lesbian Scene

Cast

Catherine Deneuve	...	Claude Alphand
Sami Frey	...	Arnaud de Maule
Antoine Vitez	...	Le délégue de la secte
Anne Parillaud	...	Chloé, Moune
Florence Delay	...	Flora Thibaud
François Dyrek	...	Inspecteur Daloup
Jean-François Stévenin	...	Inspecteur Mercier
Didier Haudepin	...	Le secrétaire de Claude / Secretary
Robert Cahen	...	Le musicien
Gilbert Adair	...	L'orateur de la secte
Jacques Plee	...	Le directeur d'Immobloc
Jacques Brécourt	...	Le gardien de la "Maison de la radio"
Coralie Clément	...	Une comédienne
Madeleine Damien	...	Une comédienne
Hubert Buthion	...	Un comédien

Also Known As:

Look See...
See Here My Love (International: English title)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Prospectacle

Deneuve as Marlowe

First shock : you meet some kind of private eye ,complete with trench coat and hat;surprise,for the first (and probably last) time in the story of cinema ,the traditional private of the old film noirs is a woman,and an attractive woman at that (Deneuve!)! The story is bizarre ,involving a sect,"the Church of the final Revival".Deneuve is hired by a mysterious noble,Arnaud De Maule ,to investigate his friend Chloé's disappearance."Ecoute voir" might seem Chandleresque,but it also owes a good deal to Jules Verne (the ray) and even Souvestre-Alain's Fantomas ,the latter taking us back to the prehistory of the French cinema(Louis Feuillade).In a word: odd.