Caché (Hidden) (2005)

Caché (Hidden) (2005) is a slow-burning psychological thriller from Michael Haneke about a seemingly ordinary Parisian family whose calm life is shattered by anonymous surveillance tapes and unsettling childlike drawings left on their doorstep. Georges, a television literary reviewer, his wife Anne, and their teenage son begin to receive footage of their home filmed from the street; when the police decline to act because no explicit threat is made, Georges becomes obsessed with uncovering who is watching them. As the tapes grow more personal, old secrets and buried guilt surface, and what started as covert intimidation turns into an interrogation of conscience. What you’ll experience: a tense, austere film that favors long takes and quiet observation over action. Haneke builds anxiety through everyday detail—domestic routines, small silences, social gatherings—so the ordinary becomes menacing. The movie is less about revealing a culprit than about moral responsibility, memory, and the legacy of past wrongs; it resists tidy answers and leaves key questions unresolved. Expect an unnerving, intellectually provocative viewing that lingers after the credits and invites discussion about guilt, surveillance, and what it means to be seen.

Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Maurice Bénichou

Director: Michael Haneke

Runtime: 117 min

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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