Lip service

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Movie
German title Lip service
Original title Sur mes lèvres
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 2001
length 112 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Jacques Audiard
script Jacques Audiard ,
Tonino Benacquista
production Philippe Carcassonne ,
Jean-Louis Livi
music Alexandre Desplat
camera Mathieu Vadepied
cut Juliette Welfling
occupation

Lip Payments (alternative title: Deadly Confessions , original title: Sur mes lèvres ) is a French thriller from 2001. Directed by Jacques Audiard , who also wrote the screenplay with Tonino Benacquista .

action

Carla, who is hard of hearing, is 35 and an office worker at a real estate company in Paris . At work and in the canteen, she remains unnoticed by her colleagues and, although very efficient, is assigned uninteresting tasks. Her private life consists of occasionally looking after a friend's toddler while she goes out and can report on exciting erotic experiences afterwards. When she can no longer cope with the amount of dossiers to be processed, she is granted a part-time temporary worker. She opts for the parole, ten years her junior, Paul, although he is barely able to operate office equipment.

She accommodates Paul, who has no apartment, in a company property that is unused at night and has the keys to it. He interprets her care as a sexual interest and makes a violent advances, but she rejects him. He doesn't know where he is with her. Thanks to his skills as a car cracker, she brings an arrogant colleague to his knees professionally and takes responsibility for an important project. However, Paul has a significant problem because he owes a large sum to the underworld businessman Marchand. He gives up office work and moves behind the counter of a trendy bar that Marchand owns and where he feels more comfortable. Opposite this bar is a house with one apartment. There Marchand is planning a robbery with other crooks. To find out what they are up to, Paul brings Carla to the roof of the bar, from where she is supposed to decipher their conversations by lip reading with binoculars . Carla spends more time in the bar, dresses more courageously and gains self-confidence. When she is almost the victim of a rape, Paul comes to her aid at the last minute. After several weeks, Paul learns from Carla that the criminals carried out the robbery and that the loot is hidden in the apartment. In the absence of the crooks he breaks in there, but cannot find the money. Then Carla goes there, discovers it in the freezer and takes it. After discovering that the money has disappeared, the crooks suspect Paul and take him on. Carla poses as his abandoned lover to Marchand's jealous wife, Marchand falls into a trap, and Paul is released. In an exchange of fire, he kills the criminals and seizes the prey. Although he bought a ticket to Johannesburg for himself, he stays with Carla.

Reviews

Derek Elley wrote in Variety magazine on October 9, 2001, Jacques Audiard "skillfully" combined established genres - including a love story, a crime film and film noir . The reviewer mentioned the “engaging” chemistry between the main cast.

The lexicon of international films judged: “Dense mixture of romantic comedy and French gangster film with excellent leading actors. Varied and full of surprises is told by two outsiders who learn to assert themselves in life. "

Awards

Emmanuelle Devos, the sound experts and the screenplay were awarded the César in 2002 . The film was also nominated for Best Film , for Directing, for Portraying Vincent Cassel, for Cinematography, for Editing and for Music for César.

Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos were nominated for the Audience Awards presented at the European Film Awards in 2002; in addition, Emmanuelle Devos and the screenwriters were nominated for the European Film Awards. Emmanuelle Devos and Jacques Audiard as directors received 2002 Newport International Film Festival awards .

Emmanuelle Devos was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award in 2003 .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Paris . Its production cost was estimated at 49 million French francs . The world premiere took place on September 10, 2001 at the Toronto International Film Festival , which was followed by several other film festivals. The film opened in French cinemas on October 17, 2001; there were around 447 thousand cinema-goers counted. It grossed approximately $ 1.36 million in US cinemas .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of release for lip service . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2011 (PDF; test number: 128 250 V).
  2. ^ Review by Derek Elley , accessed August 11, 2008
  3. ↑ Lip service in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on August 11, 2008 Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  4. ↑ Filming locations for Sur mes lèvres , accessed on August 11, 2008
  5. ↑ Box office / business for Sur mes lèvres , accessed on August 11, 2008
  6. ↑ Release dates for Sur mes lèvres , accessed on August 11, 2008