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Caché (2005)

Directed by Michael Haneke

Drama

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.

Rated R | Length 117 minutes

Actors

Daniel Auteuil | Juliette Binoche | Annie Girardot | Bernard Le Coq | Daniel Duval | Maurice Bénichou | Walid Afkir | Lester Makedonsky | Nathalie Richard | Denis Podalydès | Caroline Baehr | Christian Benedetti | Loïc Brabant | Aïssa Maïga | Jean-Jacques Brochier | Paule Daré | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | Annette Faure | Hugo Flamigni | Peter Stephan Jungk | Dioucounda Koma | Marie Kremer | Nicky Marbot | Malik Nait Djoudi | Marie-Christine Orry | Mazarine Pingeot | Julie Recoing | Karla Suarez | Jean Teulé | Philippe Besson | Laurent Suire | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | François Négret

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Viewing Notes

I’ve seen two of Haneke’s movies already. His American Funny Games and Benny’s Video. I loved Funny Games and although I liked Benny’s Video okay enough, I wasn’t blown away by it.

Cache fit somewhere in between those two for me. Haneke’s films aren’t easy. He’s not a linear plot sort of guy, always putting in crazy twists and having an overall meaning (or not) that a viewer gets out of it.

I loved, loved the intro to Cache where I thought I was watching one thing and ended up with another. I feel into the whole mystery of who was leaving the videos on the couple’s doorstep. I found all the characters, played by Juliette Binoch, Daniel Auteuil and Lester Makedonsky. The shocking scene was absolutely shocking to me. So what did I think of it and what did I take from Cache?

I like to try and take the simplest view of things. Many times it’s been said that the simplest explanation is also the most likely so what I believe happens is that the son of Georges and the son of Majid had met in school or maybe Majid’s son found Georges son and then they both conspired to do the videos. Why? There’s little in the movie to suggest that Pierrot gives two shits about his parents. In fact he seems to be near antagonistic against them. Also, anytime a video shows up, he’s not around. He’s gone for long periods of time. So I could see that Pierrot, having gained knowledge of his Dad’s shitty past, was the crack in his father’s ever so perfect facade that he needed to lash out. And why would Majid’s son care? I’m sure he’s had enough stories from his father about how he got fucked by Georges as a child to want revenge. I’m not sure the kids anticipated the outcome. Hell, I’m not sure Majid’s outcome is even logical at all and nothing more than a plot point to shock, something Haneke likes to do. But adding up Pierrot’s distance, not being there for any of the videos showing up and that final scene and I have an answer in my mind.

I really liked Cache, and I appreciate the open ended nature of Haneke’s movies, but because it’s just so wide open I find it to be disjointed and hard to say it’s a perfect movie. I do love his editing, camera work and film style though. It’s always intriguing when you sit down for one of his movies.

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