Thursday 23rd July

Hidden

Director: Michael Haneke
Year: 2005
Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Benichou, Lester Makedonsky

I didn't really know what to expect from this film. I chose to watch a recording of it after I had tried, and failed, to watch two other recorded films - both of which I had somehow managed to fail to record a fairly large chunk of the beginning of the film (in one case, almost half the film). So this was third choice...

I'm not entirely sure why I recorded this as I knew absolutely nothing about it. Possibly it was a chance for me to practice listening to my French, or perhaps the TV guide made it sound interesting. And, for the most part, it is. The film centres around a couple who keep receiving videos from a mysterious source, and the consequences of this happening.

Up until the final ten minutes I was enjoying this film, being intrigued and looking forward to getting the answers. Well, I got answers to one half of the plot. The other half appeared to be forgotten about (although I'm willing to admit I may well be missing something). Perhaps this was all deliberate, but I just found it frustrating.

Rating: 3 out of 5

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I live in Bristol with my husband Dan (who I married in July 2007), my son Joe (born 2012) and daughter Jess (born 2015). I work at UWE (the University of the West of England) in Bristol as a Research and Open Access Librarian. I'm orginally from Exeter, so moving back to Bristol is a bit like coming home - especially as I studied for my undergraduate degree here (also at UWE). I love travelling and movies, although I get to do a lot less of both since the birth of our children. Although we have still managed to fit in holidays to the Isles of Scilly, Chamonix and a summer in California since Joe was born.