A Sight for Sore Eyes

2003 2h 17m FR

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4.2

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★4.2TMDB · 4

DramaThriller

Synopsis

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When she was seven, Elise Gardet witnessed her mother’s brutal murder. Ever since, she has tried to forget this unsolved crime. Now she’s 18 and beautiful, but her bourgeois family and her stepmother’s anxiety are suffocating her.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Grégoire Colin
Bruno Keller
Julie Ordon
Elise Gardet
Brigitte Catillon
Anne Gardet
Laurent Grévill
Richard Gardet
Etienne Chicot
Bruno's uncle
Frédéric Pierrot
David Lamblin
Mathieu Amalric
The art teacher
Carlo Brandt
Inspecteur de police

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gilles Bourdos
Writers: Michel Spinosa, Gilles Bourdos
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gilles Bourdos, shot by Mark Lee Ping-Bing. 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 Alexandre Desplat. 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 Valérie Deseine 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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Grégoire Colin and Julie Ordon and Brigitte Catillon carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0339204 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gilles Bourdos directs. Mark Lee Ping-Bing behind the camera. Alexandre Desplat scores. Valérie Deseine cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 23 years ago.
2Directed by Gilles Bourdos, shot by Mark Lee Ping-Bing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Alexandre Desplat. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Valérie Deseine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Grégoire Colin and Julie Ordon and Brigitte Catillon carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0339204 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.