(French)The Story:
Marthe (Isabelle Huppert) and Michel (Olivier Gourmet), a married couple who live in an isolated house by the side of an unfinished motorway with their three children, sulky sun-bunny Judith (Adalaide Leroux), obsessive younger teenager Marion (Madeleine Budd) and bundle of boyish energy Julien (Kacey Mottet Klein). However, their idyllic lifestyle is suddenly shattered when, after 10 years, Route E57 is finally finished and opened to the public.
So begins the nightmare for this closely bonded family used to privacy and the silence of the natural world. Marthe is the one most seriously deranged by the noise pollution of trucks and cars whizzing by at all hours of the day and night. She can't sleep and quickly becomes very irritable. Judith gets angry at the intruders but tries to shut them out with her music. She eventually runs away from home, fed up with this new development. Marion focuses on the problem of pollution and starts worrying about the toxic effect of all the cars and trucks on their bodies. She tries to scare Julien by checking his back for signs of poisoning. Michel purchases insulation for the house and then barricades the place shut with concrete bricks. It works for a while by blocking out the noise but they all suffer from claustrophobia.
Starring:
Isabelle Huppert, Olivier Gourmet, Adélaïde Leroux, Madeline Budd, Kacey Mottet Klein
Directed By:
Ursula Meier
Release:
2008
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