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Cache

Films like Cache do not come around very often. The kind of film that is so unnerving, one has not the capacity or the vocabulary to describe the level of discomfort that is felt during its viewing. Cache is so obtrusive on the viewer’s psyche that it is nearly impossible to escape its indomitable terror.

A French family find their lives interrupted when a series of video tapes arrive on their doorstep. The tapes are of their house and them moving about in their daily lives. As the frequency of the tapes progresses so does the intensity and potential threat of tapes. Georges (Daniel Auteuil) and his wife Anne (Juliette Binoche) watch as the tapes begin to unravel the life they have seemingly taken for granted. Allegiances between husband and wife are tested as the tapes force the couple to come to terms with the buried aspects of their past and currently, their marriage. The film cascades into a tricky spiral of uneasy feelings and unclear motives that will and should leave you scratching your head. It is vague almost to a fault, but the essence of Cache is that ambiguity and unknowing can create a constant state of fear.

The sheer brilliance of Cache comes in its ability to coax these reactions from not only the actors, but the audience as well, all the while doing so with an ambiguity that would have Stanley Kubrick seeing red. Certainly, the filmmaker, Michael Haneke put forth a certain effort into this film, which will surely be lost on many audiences, but it certainly doesn’t have to be.

Written by: Kevin Yeoman

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