La mécanique de l'ombre

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François Cluzet and Denis Podalydès in La mécanique de l'ombre (2016)

A financially struggling man who is looking for work two years after suffering a burn-out. He gets hired by a mysterious employer to transcribe phone tapped conversations, which propels him into the heart of a large-scale political plot and gets him trapped in the French secret services underworld.

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Au chômage après un burnout, Duval est contacté par une mystérieuse organisation pour retranscrire des écoutes téléphoniques. Il accepte sans se méfier mais va devoir affronter la mécanique ... Tout lireAu chômage après un burnout, Duval est contacté par une mystérieuse organisation pour retranscrire des écoutes téléphoniques. Il accepte sans se méfier mais va devoir affronter la mécanique brutale du monde souterrain des services secrets.Au chômage après un burnout, Duval est contacté par une mystérieuse organisation pour retranscrire des écoutes téléphoniques. Il accepte sans se méfier mais va devoir affronter la mécanique brutale du monde souterrain des services secrets.

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Anecdotes
The jigsaw puzzle that Duval (François Cluzet) is seen doing, is of Rembrandt's 'Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem'.

Gaffes
We see Duval (François Cluzet) typing with two fingers, but in the close-ups we see the hands typing with ten fingers.

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6/10

Atmospheric French Thriller that can be a bit predictable

Scribe or ' La mécanique de l'ombre' is a Film starring Francois Cluzet ('Untouchable') as an accountant who loses his job after a bit of a meltdown. He takes two years to get his life back on track and then receives a telephone call one night offering him a job.

Well he hardly has anything better to do so he accepts despite there being some very strict rules – but all he has to do really is type out transcripts of telephone conversations. What at first seems like an easy gig soon takes on a much darker hue when he realises what is being revealed in the tapped phone calls.

Now this is really well made and the acting is superb. The plot is original up to a point and the direction and cinematography are professional and I really liked it as a film. However, it suffers from the thriller disease in that it has to have a few twists and a climactic end etc. I sort of spotted them all - except one and so for me it did tread a path that appeared a tad well worn. Despite that it is still a film with much to applaud hence my rating.