David Moreau and Xavier Palud's lean, mean tension machine, ostensibly based on "true events," opens with a nasty jolt, then restarts itself in preparation for a prolonged, skillfully executed cat-and-mouse game between a likable couple and their unseen tormentors.
Snagov, Romania, Oct. 6, 2002: A woman and her sullen teenage daughter fall victim to unseen attackers on a lonely road. Oct. 7: French couple Clementine (Olivia Bonamy) and Lucas (Michael Cohen) have rented a cavernous house in the Snagov woods; she's teaching French at a junior high school in nearby Bucharest, he's supposedly working on his novel, though there's more procrastinating than writing...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
77 mins