Ended on 4/3/2008
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HEARTBEAT DETECTOR (La Question humaine) -
(unrated)
2007 - France - French (with English subtitles) - 143 minutes - New Yorker
Directed by: Nicolas Klotz
Featuring: Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Edith Scob, Lou Castel, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Dréville
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 Based on the book “La Question Humaine” by François Emmanuel, HEARTBEAT DETECTOR unfolds a quietly riveting mystery of blackmail and intrigue, as the long-buried secrets of high-powered corporate executives threaten to bring them down.
Mathieu Amalric ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly") stars as Simon Kessler, a psychologist working in the Human Resources Department of a German multinational petrochemical corporation SC Farb. When he is asked to create a detailed report on the mental state of the CEO of their French subsidiary Mathias Jüst (Michael Lonsdale) he will come to question his own sanity as blackmail, betrayal, murder and the hierarchy of SC Farb’s repressed past will all come to light.
“Quietly riveting.”
-Lisa Nesselson, Variety
“Visually striking. Stylish and absorbing.”
-Bernard Besserglik, Hollywood Reporter
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