Nobody Has to Know (film)

Last updated
Nobody Has to Know
Nobody Has to Know.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Bouli Lanners
Written byBouli Lanners
Stéphane Malandrin
Produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Starring Michelle Fairley
Bouli Lanners
Cal MacAninch
CinematographyFrank van den Eeden
Edited by Ewin Ryckaert
Release date
  • 12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)(Toronto)
Running time
99 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
United Kingdom
LanguagesFrench
English

Nobody Has to Know is a 2021 drama film written and directed by Bouli Lanners. The film stars Michelle Fairley, Lanners, Cal MacAninch, Clovis Cornillac, and Julian Glover. It follows Philippe Haubin, a middle-aged man who suffered a stroke, causing him to lose his memory. Millie MacPherson, who takes care of him, tells him falsely that they were secretly in love before his accident.

Contents

The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. [1] At the 12th Magritte Awards, Nobody Has to Know received seven nominations, winning Best Film and Best Director for Lanners. [2]

Cast

Response

Critical reception

On review aggregator website AlloCiné, the film holds an average score of four stars out of five, based on a survey of 20 reviews. [3] On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 82% rating based on 11 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. [4]

Accolades

Award / Film FestivalCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Chicago International Film Festival Best FilmNominated
Best Actor Bouli Lanners Won
Best Actress Michelle Fairley Won
La Roche-sur-Yon Film Festival [5] Best FilmNominated
Magritte Awards [2] Best Film Won
Best Director Bouli Lanners Won
Best Screenplay Bouli Lanners Nominated
Best Production Design Paul RouschopNominated
Best Costume Design Élise AncionNominated
Best Sound Marc Bastien et al.Nominated
Best Editing Ewin Ryckaert Nominated
Ostend Film Festival Best CinematographyFrank van den EedenWon

Related Research Articles

<i>A Very Long Engagement</i> 2004 film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

A Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French-American romantic war drama film, co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel and Marion Cotillard. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed during World War I. It was based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Sébastien Japrisot.

<i>Poltergay</i> 2006 French film

Poltergay is a 2006 French film directed by Éric Lavaine and based on an idea by Héctor Cabello Reyes. The script was written by Héctor Cabello Reyes and Éric Lavaine. The film was released on 25 October 2006.

<i>All Cats Are Grey</i> 2014 Belgian film

All Cats Are Grey is a 2014 Belgian coming-of-age drama film directed by Savina Dellicour and co-written by Dellicour and Matthieu de Braconier. All Cats Are Grey had its world premiere at the 32nd Turin Film Festival. It also screened as a special presentation during the 2015 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where it won Best International Film. Critical response was generally strong and the film received nine nominations at the 6th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Dellicour.

<i>Asterix at the Olympic Games</i> (film) 2008 French fantasy comedy film

Asterix at the Olympic Games is a 2008 French fantasy comedy film co–directed by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann, and written by Langmann, Alexandre Charlot and Frank Magnier, based on characters from René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Astérix comic series. It was filmed primarily in Spain throughout 2006. A sequel to Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), it is the third installment in the Asterix film series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michelle Fairley</span> Northern Irish actress

Michelle Fairley is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2013). She has since appeared in the USA Network series Suits (2013), the Fox series 24: Live Another Day (2014), the RTÉ miniseries Rebellion (2016), the science fiction series The Feed (2019), and the Sky Atlantic crime drama Gangs of London (2020–).

<i>Mammuth</i> 2010 film

Mammuth is a 2010 French drama film directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. For her role, Yolande Moreau was nominated for Best Actress at the 1st Magritte Awards.

<i>Almayers Folly</i> (film) 2011 French film

Almayer's Folly is a 2011 drama film directed by Chantal Akerman and starring Stanislas Merhar, Aurora Marion and Marc Barbé. It is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1895 debut novel Almayer's Folly, and tells the story of a Dutchman searching for pirate treasure in Malaysia. The setting has been relocated to the 1950s. The film was a coproduction between companies in France and Belgium. It received four Magritte Award nominations.

<i>Nothing to Declare</i> (film) 2010 French film

Nothing to Declare is a 2010 Franco-Belgian comedy film, written and directed by Dany Boon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2nd Magritte Awards</span>

The 2nd Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2011 in Belgium and took place on February 4, 2012, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 7:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Film director Bertrand Tavernier presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the show for the second time.

<i>Mood Indigo</i> (film) 2013 French film

Mood Indigo is a 2013 French surrealistic romantic science fantasy film co-written and directed by Michel Gondry and co-written and produced by Luc Bossi, starring Romain Duris and Audrey Tautou. It is an adaptation of Boris Vian's 1947 novel with the same French title, translated Froth on the Daydream in English.

11.6 is a 2013 French film directed by Philippe Godeau and starring François Cluzet, Bouli Lanners, Corinne Masiero and Juana Acosta. 11.6 premiered on 3 April 2013 in France, and on 21 April in North America, at the City of Lights, City of Angels film festival.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">4th Magritte Awards</span>

The 4th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2013 in Belgium and took place on 1 February 2014, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 8:00 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Émilie Dequenne presided the ceremony, while actor Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the second time.

<i>Louise Hires a Contract Killer</i> 2008 French film

Louise Hires a Contract Killer is a 2008 French comedy film written and directed by Gustave de Kervern and Benoît Delépine. The film won the Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario for Best Original Screenplay in 2009.

<i>Bloody Milk</i> 2017 French drama film

Bloody Milk is a 2017 French drama film directed by Hubert Charuel in his feature debut. It was presented in the Critics' Week section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

<i>Keep an Eye Out</i> 2018 film

Keep an Eye Out! is a 2018 French surreal black comedy film written and directed by Quentin Dupieux. It stars Benoît Poelvoorde and Grégoire Ludig, alongside Marc Fraize, Anaïs Demoustier, Philippe Duquesne and Orelsan, in a story that involves a commissaire de police and a suspect in an interrogation room. This is Dupieux's first film shot in France. The film's French title literally means "To the police station!".

<i>Above the Law</i> (2017 film) 2017 Belgian film

Above the Law is a 2017 Belgian-French crime thriller film directed by François Troukens and Jean-François Hensgens. Frank Valken a career criminal, commits a bank heist with his crew, and is set up by corrupt police, for the murder of a judge investigating the 30 year old unsolved case of the mass murders of Brabant who had been duped into being at the getaway scene, and for killing bystanders who witness the murder.

<i>Delete History</i> 2020 film

Delete History is a 2020 French-Belgian comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, the film won the Silver Bear 70th Berlinale prize. The film is also scheduled to show at the 2020 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.

<i>The Night of the 12th</i> 2022 film by Dominik Moll

The Night of the 12th is a 2022 mystery thriller film directed by Dominik Moll, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gilles Marchand, based on the 2020 non-fiction book 18.3 – Une année à la PJ by Pauline Guéna. It stars Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Anouk Grinberg, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet, Thibault Evrard, Julien Frison, Paul Jeanson, Mouna Soualem and Pauline Serieys.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">12th Magritte Awards</span>

The 12th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2022 in Belgium. It took place on 4 March 2023, at the Théâtre National, in the historic site of Marais-Jacqmain, Brussels. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Trois. Actress Lubna Azabal presided the ceremony, while director Patrick Ridremont hosted the show for the first time.

<i>A Real Job</i> 2023 French film

A Real Job is a 2023 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Lilti which stars Vincent Lacoste along with François Cluzet, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louise Bourgoin, William Lebghil, Lucie Zhang, and Bouli Lanners.

References

  1. Hunter, Allan (12 September 2021). "'Nobody Has To Know': Toronto Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 Heyrendt, Hubert (5 March 2023). "Close et Bouli Lanners, grands gagnants des Magritte 2023". La Libre Belgique (in French). Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. "L'Ombre d'un mensonge". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. "Nobody Has to Know (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  5. Lemercier, Fabien (7 October 2021). "La Roche-sur-Yon Welcomes the Many Faces of Contemporary Cinema". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 May 2023.