Écoute voir is a French film

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

, a drama-thriller, directed by Hugo Santiago

Hugo Santiago

Hugo Santiago was born Hugo Santiago Muchnick in 1939 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has lived in France since 1959. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Music. From 1959 to 1966 he was assistant director to Robert Bresson...

, with a screenplay by Santiago and Claude Ollier

Claude Ollier

Claude Ollier is a French writer closely associated with Alain Robbe-Grillet and the nouveau roman literary movement. He was the first winner of the Prix Médicis which he received for his novel La Mise en scène.-Works:...

, released in 1979. It stars Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...

, Sami Frey

Sami Frey

Sami Frey, born Samuel Frei is a French actor. Perhaps his most famous films are En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud and Bande à part...

 and Anne Parillaud

Anne Parillaud

Anne Parillaud is a French actress, who has appeared in 30 films since 1977.She is best known internationally for her role as Nikita in the movie of the same name.-Biography:...

.

Synopsis

Arnaud de Maule, young lord of the manor, distinguished scholar, has resort to the detective Claude Alphand ( Catherine Deneuve), so that she might make enquiries into some individuals who are getting into his estate in Yvelines

Yvelines

Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...

. Claude discovers that it is a question of the members of a strange sect, the Church of the Final Revival, which has recently won over Chloé, the young mistress of Arnaud...

Cast

• Catherine Deneuve
  Catherine Deneuve
  Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...
  
   : Claude Alphand
• Sami Frey
  Sami Frey
  Sami Frey, born Samuel Frei is a French actor. Perhaps his most famous films are En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud and Bande à part...
  
   : Arnaud de Maule
• Florence Delay
  Florence Delay
  Florence Delay is a French academician and actress.-Biography:The daughter of Marie-Madeleine Carrez and Jean Delay, Delay studied at the Lycée Jean de La Fontaine and then the Sorbonne....
  
   : Flora Thibaud
• Anne Parillaud
  Anne Parillaud
  Anne Parillaud is a French actress, who has appeared in 30 films since 1977.She is best known internationally for her role as Nikita in the movie of the same name.-Biography:...
  
   : Chloé/Moune
• Didier Haudepin
  Didier Haudepin
  Didier Haudepin is a French actor, film producer, director and screenwriter. He has appeared in 44 films and television shows since 1960. His film Those Were the Days was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Seven Days.....
  
   : Claude's secretary
• Antoine Vitez
  Antoine Vitez
  Antoine Vitez was a French actor, director, and poet.He was born in Paris, France and became an actor at the age of 19. He was director of the Théâtre national de Chaillot for seven years before being named to head the Comedie Francaise, a French theater company.-References:...
  
   : delegate of the sect
• Jean-François Stévenin
  Jean-François Stévenin
  Jean-François Stévenin is a French actor. He has appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film Cold Moon, which was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Out 1...
  
   : Inspector Mercier
• François Dyrek
  François Dyrek
  François Dyrek was a French actor. He appeared in 141 films and television shows between 1964 and 1999.-Selected filmography:* Let Joy Reign Supreme * Les Ambassadeurs...
  
  : Inspector Daloup