Écoute voir is a 1979 French film, a drama-thriller, directed by Hugo Santiago, with a screenplay by Santiago and Claude Ollier, released in 1979. It stars Catherine Deneuve, Sami Frey and Anne Parillaud. The film has not been released except briefly VHS and has been lost and unavailable for years. Plot: Arnaud de Maule, young lord of the manor, distinguished scholar, has resort to the detective Claude Alphand (Catherine Deneuve), so that she might make enquiries into some individuals who are getting into his estate in Yvelines. Claude discovers that it is a question of the members of a strange sect, the Church of the Final Revival, which has recently won over Chloé, the young mistress of Arnaud. What are the sect up to? What is Arnaud hiding? A classic 70s take on the film noir genre. Catherine Deneuve : Claude Alphand Sami Frey : Arnaud de Maule Florence Delay : Flora Thibaud Anne Parillaud : Chloé/Moune Didier Haudepin : Claude's secretary Antoine Vitez : delegate of the sect Jean-François Stévenin : Inspector Mercier François Dyrek : Inspector Daloup Directed by Hugo Santiago Music by Michel Portal, with additional music by Franz Schubert, Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach Release date(s): 7 March 1979 Running time: 120 minutes Country: France Language: French
