Fissures (Écoute le temps) (2006)

75% of critics liked it
(12 reviews)
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(277 ratings)

A young sound engineer whose mother has recently been murdered uses her expertise in audio to launch her own investigation into the case, only to find that the sounds of the past could prove key to solving a mystery of the present in director Alanté Kavaïté's poetic thriller. Charlotte's mother has… More A young sound engineer whose mother has recently been murdered uses her expertise in audio to launch her own investigation into the case, only to find that the sounds of the past could prove key to solving a mystery of the present in director Alanté Kavaïté's poetic thriller. Charlotte's mother has been mysteriously murdered, but the grieving daughter isn't about to let the investigations stall due to the simple incompetence of the local police force. When Charlotte travels back to the house that her mother lived in at the time of the murder and makes an audio recording that seems to be of supernatural origins, the surreal events that follow lead the once-skeptical girl down a darkened path that threatens to consume her own soul with each new terrifying revelation. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.
Directed By: Alanté Kavaïté
Written By: Alanté Kavaïté
Genres: Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: Nov 5, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Mar 18, 2008

Critic Reviews

Brian Orndorf, DVDTalk.com
It doesn't take long for the sheer invention of the filmmaking to seep through the sludgy illusion, making for a perceptive, engaging thriller.
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Assembled with insinuating skill by Kavaite into a gripping, involving, beautifully unfolding mystery.
Derek Malcolm, This is London
Kavaite's film is well made and acted but less than credible.
Anthony Quinn, Independent
Having set up its line of murder suspects the film sheers off into supernatural hokum and never really recovers.
Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph
There are shades of the excellent Brian De Palma/John Travolta thriller Blow Out (1981) in this eerie little effort.
Martin Hoyle, Financial Times
Here is the French countryside at its most sinister: sideways glances from hostile natives, inbred yokels, disappearing children, corrupt politicians . . .
Xan Brooks, Guardian [UK]
A pungent ghost story, evocatively played out in a creaking haunted house.
Anna Smith, BBC
An atmospheric, slow-burning chiller that rewards the patient viewer with just enough jumps and bumps.
Tom Dawson, Total Film
The narrative threads are tied a little too neatly, but it's a promising debut.
Lucy Muss, Little White Lies
If anything, the concept is a little too high, but fans of Dominik Moll and the Dardennes will find much to enjoy.
, Empire Magazine
Sounds used to great effect but the plotting could do with a bass boost.
Anton Bitel, Film4
all moody set-up with no real follow-through -- like an initially striking sound that has been dampened before it can resonate.

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