The Black Box (2005 film)

"La Boîte noire" redirects here. For the comic book series, see La boîte noire.

2005 French film

The Black Box

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French| La Boîte noire
Directed by| Richard Berry
Written by| Richard Berry and Éric Assous
Produced by| Michel Feller
Starring| José Garcia
Marion Cotillard
Cinematography| Thomas Hardmeier
Edited by| Lisa Pfeiffer
Music by| Nathaniel Méchaly
Distributed by| EuropaCorp. Distribution

Release date

* 2 November 2005 (2005-11-02)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| France
Language| French
Budget| $8.5 million
Box office| $3.1 million[1]

The Black Box (French: La Boîte noire) is a 2005 French mystery film directed by Richard Berry, written by Berry and Éric Assous, adapted from a novella by Tonino Benacquista, and starring José Garcia and Marion Cotillard.[2][3][4]

## Plot

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Following a car accident, 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

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* José Garcia as Arthur Seligman
* Marion Cotillard as Isabelle Kruger / Alice
* Michel Duchaussoy as Mr. Seligman
* Bernard Le Coq as Walcott / Doctor Granger
* Helena Noguerra as Soraya
* Gérald Laroche as Commissioner Marc Koskas
* Marysa Borini [fr] as Mrs. Seligman
* Nathalie Nell [fr] as Dr. Brenner
* Thomas Chabrol as Thierry
* Pascal Bongard as Clovis
* Marilou Berry as The desk clerk
* Lise Lamétrie as The guardian

## References

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1. ^ "The Black Box". Box Office Mojo.
2. ^ "Garcia and Cotillard lost in La Boîte noire". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
3. ^ "La Boîte noire: Les critiques presse" – via www.allocine.fr.
4. ^ "Critique de Boîte noire (La) de Richard Berry :: Boîte noire (La) :: FilmDeCulte". www.filmdeculte.com.

## External links

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* The Black Box at IMDb
* The Black Box at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Richard Berry

* L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001)
* I, Cesar (2003)
* The Black Box (2005)
* 22 Bullets (2010)
* Nos femmes (2015)
* Tout, tout de suite (2016)

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