Entre ses mains

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Entre ses mains
Entre ses mains.jpg
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Written byJulien Boivent
Anne Fontaine
Based onLes Kangourous
by
Dominique Barbéris
Produced by Philippe Carcassonne
Bruno Pésery
Starring Benoît Poelvoorde
Isabelle Carré
Cinematography Denis Lenoir
Edited byLuc Barnier
Philippe Ravoet
Music by Pascal Dusapin
Release date
  • 21 September 2005 (2005-09-21)(France)
Running time
90 min
CountryFrance / Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$5.8 million [1]
Box office$2.9 million [2]

Entre ses mains is a 2005 French-Belgian drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. It is also known as In His Hands. [3] The screenplay was written by Fontaine and Julien Boivent.

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Plot

Claire Gauthier works for an insurance company. Laurent Kessler is a client. When she has to deal with him he tries to seduce her. In spite of her marriage and her daughter she agrees to dating him. When she learns more about Kessler it strikes her how strange he behaves and that he might be the serial killer who currently makes news by murdering women.

Cast

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. "Entre ses mains (2005) - JP Box-Office".
  2. "In His Hands".
  3. "In His Hands" . Retrieved 2013-07-04.