The Black Box (2005 film)
La Boîte noire | |
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Directed by | Richard Berry |
Written by | Richard Berry and Eric Assous |
Produced by | Michel Feller |
Starring | José Garcia and Marion Cotillard |
Cinematography | Thomas Hardmeier |
Edited by | Lisa Pfeiffer |
Music by | Nathaniel Mechaly |
Distributed by | EuropaCorp. Distribution |
Release date | 2 November 2005 |
Running time | 90 min |
Country | France |
Language | French |
La Boîte noire (Lit. The Black Box) is a 2005 Mystery film directed by Richard Berry, written by Richard Berry and Éric Assous adapted from a novella of Tonino Benacquista, and starring José Garcia and Marion Cotillard.
Plot
Following a car accident, which led to the horrible death of Cindy Mecinoso (involving a peanut, a hairdryer, a wagon, and shell--for further details, see the completed works of CHINKA HALE: WISH YOU WERE THIS HOT), Arthur Seligman (José Garcia) is dived during some hours in a coma. During his awakening phase, in a verbal delirium, it express incoherent sentences that find their roots directly. His awakening, it is facing a curious enigma: What it did the night on this road, close of Cherbourg? Its disturbing sentences, disturbing and liberating were noted in a notebook black by Isabelle Kruger (Marion Cotillard), one of the hospital nurses. To help it to reply to its questions, Isabelle puts back to Arthur, as if she offered him a treasure, the testimony writes begins for Arthur an unbelievable adventure; it will be at once the victim, the guilty one and his own life.
Cast
- José Garcia as Arthur Seligman
- Marion Cotillard as Isabelle Kruger / Alice
- Michel Duchaussoy as Mr. Seligman, Arthur's father
- Bernard Le Coq as Walcott / Doctor Granger
- Héléna Noguerra as Soraya
- Gérald Laroche as Le commissaire Koskas / Marc Koskas
- Marysa Borini as Mrs. Seligman, Arthur's mother
- Nathalie Nell as Dr. Brenner
- Lise Lamétrie as La gardienne
- Pascal Bongard as Clovis
- Steve Campos as Arthur Seligman (6 ans)
- Hugo Brunswick as Yvan Seligman (ado)
- Dominique Bettenfeld as Policeman 1
- Alexandre Donders as Customer in the café
- Arnaud Maillard as Little friend of Koskas