Tell No One

"Eight years ago Alex's wife was murdered. Today she emailed him."

2006 2h 11m FR

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7.2

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93%

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METACRITIC

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7.5

IMDB

★7.2TMDB · 1,563🍅93%Rotten Tomatoes●82Metacritic★7.5IMDB · 60,737

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Synopsis

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A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

“Eight years ago Alex's wife was murdered. Today she emailed him.”

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Cast

François Cluzet
Alexandre Beck
Marie-Josée Croze
Margot Beck
André Dussollier
Jacques Laurentin
Kristin Scott Thomas
Helene Perkins
François Berléand
Eric Levkowitch
Nathalie Baye
Elysabeth Feldman
Jean Rochefort
Gilbert Neuville
Marina Hands
Anne Beck

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Guillaume Canet
Writers: Guillaume Canet, Philippe Lefebvre
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Guillaume Canet, shot by Christophe Offenstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Matthieu Chedid. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hervé de Luze shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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François Cluzet and Marie-Josée Croze and André Dussollier carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Eight years ago Alex's wife was murdered. Today she emailed him.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0362225 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Guillaume Canet directs. Christophe Offenstein behind the camera. Matthieu Chedid scores. Hervé de Luze cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 20 years ago.
2Directed by Guillaume Canet, shot by Christophe Offenstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Matthieu Chedid. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Hervé de Luze shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5François Cluzet and Marie-Josée Croze and André Dussollier carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Eight years ago Alex's wife was murdered. Today she emailed him.".
7IMDB entry: tt0362225 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 14 themes, including "dying and death", "drug abuse", "based on novel or book", "loss of loved one".

The technical file

Cinematography: Christophe Offenstein
Original score: Matthieu Chedid
Editing: Hervé de Luze
Production design: Philippe Chiffre
Costume design: Carine Sarfati
Makeup / hair: Alexis Kinebanyan
Sound: Gérard Lamps
Stunt coordinator: Michel Carliez
Runtime: 131 min · 2h 11m
Status: Released
Budget: $11,700,000
Original language: FR
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Tell No One (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 82/100
IMDB rating: 7.5/10 · 60,737 votes
MPAA: Not Rated
US box office: $6,177,192

Awards

13 wins & 15 nominations total

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-10-19
★ 7/10
Paediatrician “Beck” (François Cluzet) is about to have a midnight swim with his wife “Margot” (Marie-Josée Croze) when he hears her scream and then gets clobbered over the head and falls into the water. Eight years later, we discover that she has been murdered and that a stranger was convicted of the crime. Every year, this now single man visits his former in-laws on the anniversary of her death - only this year he’s more disconcerted than usual. That’s because he received a mysterious email that has sewn the seeds of doubt over the entire incident. Quite suddenly, for him, things are starting to not add up - and it’s not just for him, neither. When a couple of bodies are dug up near the lake, the gendarmerie start to reconsider the safety of the earlier verdict and focus more on her spouse and, perhaps, a €200,000 insurance pay out. As the cops close in on him, he seeks the help of the father of one of his patients - a man familiar with both sides of the law, and together with her erstwhile best friend “Hélène” (Kristen Scott-Thomas) starts to wrest the truth from an increasingly conflicting series of sources. We are gradually drip fed some clues, some red herrings and plenty of blind alleys as this thriller gradually gathers a pace that leaves us questioning just about everyone, and everything - not least, is “Margot” actually dead? As the sleuthing from both police and “Beck” continues, he finds himself having quite perilous encounters with the Périphérique, some thugs and a brutal antagonist who could easily be a “Bond” villain. As it nears it’s denouement, though, I felt the wheels came off a bit. For most of the first two hours, it was a well paced drama that intrigued and puzzled, but as the threads come together I was reminded of one of those Agatha Christie stories where stacks of unknown facts about characters - some peripheral and some more central - reveal a degree of connectivity that, though still quite effective, are all just a little undercooked. Beck delivers an energetic effort throughout though, the dialogue helps convey just about everyone’s frustrations and the mystery generally holds up well.

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