Nice effects though.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Excellent, a Must See

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The sound engineer Charlotte (Émilie Dequenne) returns from Paris to her hometown in the countryside after the death of her mother, who was a clairvoyant card-reader and was murdered in her cottage. In the opinion of the police, the killer was one of her acquaintances since the house was not broke in. Charlotte feels hostility from her neighbors and decides to bug their house using her sound equipment. However she finds that inside her mother's house, there is a connection with the past and she can hear what happened there. Charlotte investigates the leads and discovers the truth about the death of her mother."Écoute le Temps" is a boring, messy and disappointing supernatural tale. The story is disclosed in a very slow pace, with a terrible development of the characters and no explanation why Charlotte hated her mother; or why she decided to stay in the countryside; or why she is able to hear the past in the living room of the cottage. The conclusion is also disappointing, without any explanation why the house collapses and a ridiculous last scene. I hope the reviews in IMDb are for real and not fake to promote this movie. My vote is three. Title (Brazil): "Vozes do Tempo" ("Voices of the Time")

After her mother's death, Charlotte, a sound engineer living in Paris, travels to her mother's cottage in the damp grey forested French countryside. Her mother was a clairvoyant who gave tarot readings to locals. At the cottage, Charlotte begins to untangle the recent events surrounding her mother's life and her death.The pace is slow by American standards, and this may irritate some. But what would one expect of a decent French movie which tends to focus as much on characters as on action. Émilie Dequenne (Charlotte) and the rest of the cast do a fine acting job. The thriller drips with atmospheric cinematography and has a beautiful, rustic, almost Gothic flavor. It is genuinely frightening in places.

This movie might not be the cup of tea for you. Let me explain. The supernatural nature of the movie is not the main thing that might distract or even repel some viewers. It's more likely, that they won't have the nerve sitting through the movie. Which happened with the person I saw this with ...The pace of the movie, was just too slow for my friend, so he was so angry, he actually wanted his "time" back that he lost, during the movie. I believe he wasn't in the right frame of mind for this movie. Not that I do consider this a classic, but it has it's qualities. The story for once (not the most original, but still nice) and the slow pace. Although predictable, it still is worth a watch, if you're a fan of supernatural movies/themes!

This debut movie from writer director Alante Kavaite won't be released in France until the summer and Londoners were given an early showing as part of the Rendez-vous With French Cinema weekend at the Curzon, Mayfair. Knowing as much about it as anyone not connected with it I was drawn by the name of Ludmila Mikael who has to be one of the loveliest 60 year olds in the Industry (okay, pedants, she turns 60 next month) in addition to being a wonderful actress who doesn't appear in as many non-domestic films as she might but instead illuminates the Paris theatre on a regular basis. Top-billed Emilie Dequenne was an added attraction, this 26 year old is rapidly developing into a fine actress and has already scored heavily in Rosetta, Une Femme de menage and L'Equipier among others. Ecoute sees her as a sound recordist who returns to her childhood home following the murder of her mother (Mikael). For a reason not satisfactorily explained in the script (unless, of course, I missed it) she has brought her sound equipment with her and finds herself able to tune into the past via her recorder. If you can get over the discrepancies here (Sound Engineers do't usually own their own equipment, if they are employed by a television company they just draw it from the Stores on a daily basis, and there is no indication that she has resigned from her career and returned to her childhood home on a permanent basis) this is a fairly decent little film that could do well if it finds its audience and is a promising debut.