Un Silence: Daniel Auteuil and Emmanuel Devos star in the most exciting film of the beginning of the year

Silence at the heart of the family and legal mural

Astrid (Emmanuel DeVos) is the wife of the famous lawyer Francois (Daniel Auteuil), who is fully committed to the defense of child victims of pedophilic acts. Although seemingly exemplary, the family begins to fall apart when Francois’ past resurfaces. Astrid chooses to remain silent, but this does not apply to their young son (Mathieu Gallou)…

Behind the famous casting, the title role of Joachim Lafosse’s latest film, Silence, in which he plays a prominent role. Treated as a real character, this phantom entity first insidiously establishes itself, before gaining an almost palpable scale, suffocating the actors and viewers of this drama who helplessly witness the destruction of all foundations of stability: family, faith, justice…

An intimate and subtle film, far from sensationalism

If he manages to enact the full range of secret evil that consumes the characters of Un Silence, deftly capturing its weight and consequences, Joachim Lafosse still maintains enough subtlety never to succumb to the sensationalism one might fear about the subject.

A feat that the Belgian director already managed to achieve with his previous film, Les Intranquilles, whose equally sensitive subject matter did not prevent it from being selected at the Cannes Film Festival and nominated for a César. In both the making and writing of this new feature film, Joachim Lafosse makes, once again, a choice of restraint and delicacy with a preference for unspoken and close-up shots of his actors’ expressive faces rather than words or camera movements.

However, it must be said that these faces are not just any faces! Crowned with four awards, including sixteen César nominations, Emmanuel DeVos and Daniel O’Teil During their enormous careers, they established themselves as two important figures of French cinema.

Using all the talent and finesse they can muster, the two actors who make up this dissonant couple allow Un Silence to reach the heights of subtlety, but also let the supporting cast shine in their turn: highlighted by tight shots. Joachim LafosseZhanna Cherhal and Matthew Gallux (More impressive in his first role!) Sparks.

Joachim Lafosse’s Un Silence, worn by Emmanuelle Davos and Daniel Otey, is now in theaters.