''The Black Box'' () is a 2005 French mystery film directed by Richard Berry, written by Berry and

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, and starring José Garcia and

Marion Cotillard Marion Cotillard (; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress who has appeared in both European and Hollywood productions. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Marion Cotillard, various accolades, including an Ac ...

Plot

Following a

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, in which he believes he killed a boy, Arthur Seligman falls into a coma for several hours. While in the coma, he pronounces incoherent sentences. At his awakening, he does not remember what happened before the crash, and he does not know the meaning of the words he pronounced while unconscious. The nurse who assisted him, Isabelle Kruger, recorded them in a notebook, which she gives to him. Arthur then tries to understand what happened, what those sentences mean, and begins to lose his grasp of reality.

Cast

* José Garcia as Arthur Seligman *

as Isabelle Kruger / Alice *

Michel Duchaussoy Michel René Jacques Duchaussoy (29 November 1938 – 13 March 2012) was a French film actor, who appeared in more than 130 films between 1962 and 2012. At first a theatre actor, he worked for many years in the Comédie Française, where he ...

as Mr. Seligman *

Bernard Le Coq Bernard Le Coq (born 25 September 1950) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred and fifty films since 1967. His first big role Bernard Le Coq has played as Annie Girardot's son and Claude Jade's brother in the family drama '' ...

as Walcott / Doctor Granger *

Helena Noguerra Hélène Barbara Ribeiro Furtado Velho Nogueira (born 18 May 1969), known professionally as Helena Noguerra, is a Belgian actress, singer and writer. Career Noguerra was born in Brussels, Belgium. Her songs have been used in commercials an ...

as Soraya *

Gérald Laroche Gérald Laroche (born 1964) is a French actor born in Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 resi ...

as Commissioner Marc Koskas * as Mrs. Seligman * as Dr. Brenner *

Thomas Chabrol Thomas Chabrol (born 24 April 1963) is a French actor, director, and screenwriter. Filmography On stage References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabrol, Thomas 1963 births 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male a ...

as Thierry *

Pascal Bongard Pascal Bongard is a Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss ...

as Clovis *

Marilou Berry Marilou Berry (born 1 February 1983) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She is known for her roles in ''Look at Me'' (2004), ''Vilaine'' (2008) and ''The New Adventures of Cinderella'' (2017). Personal life Marilou Berry was ...

as The desk clerk *

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as The guardian

References

External links

* * 2005 films 2005 thriller films French mystery thriller films 2000s mystery thriller films Films directed by Richard Berry Films scored by Nathaniel Méchaly 2000s French films {{mystery-film-stub