Read My Lips (2001)

7.3R115 minDirector: Jacques Audiard

2001 film by Jacques Audiard

Read My Lips (French: Sur mes lèvres) is a 2001 French film by Jacques Audiard, co-written with Tonino Benacquista. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Paul, an ex-con on parole, and Emmanuelle Devos as Carla, a nearly deaf secretary whose colleagues treat her disrespectfully, causing her to suffer. Despite their different backgrounds and initial fear of each other, they end up intimately related and helping each other.

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What is Read My Lips about?
Read My Lips (2001) — Young secretary Carla is a long-time employee of a maryam property development company. Loyal and hardworking, first to arrive and last to leave, Carla is beginning to chafe at the limitations of her career and is looking to move up. But as a 35-five-year-old woman with a hearing
Is Read My Lips based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Read My Lips scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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