Caché
aka Hidden
First screened in January 2006; most recently screened in May 2012
Director: Michael Haneke. Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou, Lester Makedonsky, Walid Afkir, Annie Girardot, Daniel Duval, Nathalie Richard, Bernard Le Coq, Denis Podalyès, Aïssa Maïga, Dioucounda Koma, Malik Nait Djoudi, Hugo Flamigni, Caroline Baehr. Screenplay: Michael Haneke.
Twitter Capsule: Simply but superbly built suspense. Great production design. Allegory potent but disappointingly blunt. Still mixed on end.

Photo © 2005 Les Films du Losange/Wega Film/Sony Pictures Classics
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+


Awards:
Cannes Film Festival: Best Director; FIPRESCI Prize; Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Foreign-Language Film
European Film Awards: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor (Auteuil); Best Film Editing (Michael Hudecek & Nadine Muse); FIPRESCI Prize

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