The_Pc

I particularly liked the scenes in Ireland the 30s and present day. The child actors were great and Jane Seymour did a nice job in portraying Mary in the 30s... I had a hard time however to grasp what she tried to portray as Jenny. Maybe she wanted to bring out the typical US overrated sentimentality of her US personage - overblown and with little depth (and far from 41). If that is the case it was spot on, just as the husband and son almost caricatural portrayals.

Pity this was not a UK movie instead of a US one, it might have been that little bit better and more believable. Everything just fitted too nicely in place, like a 4-piece puzzle. Rubbing off a big part of this high-gloss polish and the pseudo-intellectual yack-yack about reincarnation leaves a nice little story for a Sunday afternoon family viewing.

Louise is a deaf-born actress who just won a Cesar. She lives in a luxurious Parisian flat with Yann, her 20 year older husband. Each night she anxiously awaits his return. Yann is a very affectionate and tender husband but every so often his return turns into a real nightmare, both physically and psychologically, for Louise. She confides in her best friend Stephanie who also happens to be Yann's former girlfriend. Until one night everything just tilts over the edge...

A thriller with the additional twist of taking place in the world of a deaf protagonist. Not really an extremely original script but a good film thanks to its nice photography and solid acting. This is helped by the fact that the script stays quite close to reality and does not go over the top as is sometimes the case in similar Hollywood movies.

It might not win awards but it definitely will make for an enjoyable viewing, keeping you doubting about the outcome.