Tell Everyone About “Tell No One”

By Andy Hunsaker, Fancast Movies

It hasn’t even scored its widest release yet, but with virtually no advertising at all, the French thriller Tell No One has made a pretty good showing for itself, with almost $2 million made in a very small amount of theaters. The theory is that, with all the giant superhero tentpole movies out there this summer, a smart, down-to-earth and compellingly tense and unpredictable drama stands out in the crowd. It’ll soon spread “arthouse wide” to 100 theaters, so hopefully you’ll be able to catch it by the end of August.

It stars a younger Dustin Hoffman - er, rather François Cluzet as Alexandre Beck, a pediatrician trying to put his life back together after his wife Margot (the captivating Marie-Josée Croze from The Diving Bell and The Butterfly) was murdered by a serial killer. Eight years after the event, however, he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect in two more murders on the same day he gets a mysterious e-mail featuring live footage of someone who could very well be Margot, alive and well, with the message to “tell no one.” When his sister’s lover (Kristin Scott Thomas) provides him with a high-end attorney (Nathalie Baye) to help keep him out of jail, Beck’s life quickly spirals out of control, until he has to flee the authorities (Francois Berleand) in order to find out just what the hell is happening to him.

It’s twisty and turny and it definitely keeps you focused and guessing. Check it out for yourself.

Watch the trailer for Tell No One, right here on Fancast.