The Black Box (2005 film)

"La Boîte noire" redirects here. For the comic book series, see La boîte noire.

The Black Box
Theatrical poster
French	La Boîte noire
Directed by	Richard Berry
Written by	Richard Berry and Éric Assous
Produced by	Michel Feller
Starring	José Garcia Marion Cotillard
Cinematography	Thomas Hardmeier
Edited by	Lisa Pfeiffer
Music by	Nathaniel Méchaly
Distributed by	EuropaCorp. Distribution
Release date	2 November 2005
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$8.5 million
Box office	$3.1 million

The Black Box (Template:Lang-fr) is a 2005 French mystery film directed by Richard Berry, written by Berry and Éric Assous, adapted from a novella by Tonino Benacquista, and starring José Garcia and Marion Cotillard.

Plot

Following a car accident, in which he believes he killed a boy, Arthur Seligman falls into a coma for several hours. While in the coma, he pronounces incoherent sentences. At his awakening, he does not remember what happened before the crash, and he does not know the meaning of the words he pronounced while unconscious. The nurse who assisted him, Isabelle Kruger, recorded them in a notebook, which she gives to him. Arthur then tries to understand what happened, what those sentences mean, and begins to lose his grasp of reality.

Cast

• José Garcia as Arthur Seligman
• Marion Cotillard as Isabelle Kruger / Alice
• Michel Duchaussoy as Mr. Seligman
• Bernard Le Coq as Walcott / Doctor Granger
• Helena Noguerra as Soraya
• Gérald Laroche as Commissioner Marc Koskas
• Marysa Borini as Mrs. Seligman
• Nathalie Nell as Dr. Brenner
• Thomas Chabrol as Thierry
• Pascal Bongard as Clovis
• Marilou Berry as The desk clerk
• Lise Lamétrie as The guardian

External links

• The Black Box at IMDb
• The Black Box at Rotten Tomatoes