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Cages

2007 1h 26m FR
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★4.7TMDB · 16
ThrillerDramaRomance
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Eve is an emergency medical technician who falls in love with Damien (Sagamore Stévenin), a handsome and caring man who runs a neighborhood bar in the Belgian countryside. When Damien and Eve become a couple, she joins him in looking after the bar and becomes friendly with the regular customers, but things take an unexpected turn when Eve is in a serious auto accident. While Eve walks away with no serious physical injuries, she's emotionally ravaged by the experience, and develops a severe speech impediment. Eve's new stutter makes it hard for her to communicate with Damien and she becomes the butt of jokes from the customers. Eve is increasingly isolated and Damien takes up with another woman until Eve retaliates by trapping him in their home and forces him to re-establish the building blocks of their relationship, starting with their sexual communication. Meanwhile, Eve's struggle to speak is contrasted with one of the tavern's annual events, an animal calling contest.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Behind the camera

Director
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Languages
French
Countries
France, Belgium

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, Belgium.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Anne Coesens and Sagamore Stévenin and Micheline Goethals carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0487369 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Olivier Masset-Depasse directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France, Belgium. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

  • 186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
  • 2Released 19 years ago.
  • 3International production across 2 countries: France, Belgium.
  • 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
  • 5Anne Coesens and Sagamore Stévenin and Micheline Goethals carry the top of the cast.
  • 6IMDB entry: tt0487369 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
  • 7Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime
86 min · 1h 26m
Status
Released
Original language
FR

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Olivier Masset-Depasse

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Who made it

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    BE

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    Release history · US

    When it landed

    • Theatrical2007-05-09

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