Caché (2005)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Georges	Daniel Auteuil	½
Anne	Juliette Binoche
Majid	Maurice Bénichou
Georges' mom	Annie Girardot
Majid's son	Walid Afkir	½
Pierrot	Lester Makedonsky	½
Pierre	Daniel Duval

Review

The richness, diversity and layers in Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke's latest outing, Caché is without parallel. Haneke backdrops human drama against a political and philosophical document of immense depth. Although largely constructing his narrative like a thriller, Haneke is never interested in the conventional payoff in terms of genre expectations. Caché is more about questions than answers, which won't necessarily satisfy the average moviegoer, but much like Rene Descartes approached philosophy, Haneke's mission is to clear our minds completely before inviting us to exercise it freely.

Daniel Auteuil's performance is a powerhouse. He hits the perfect tone for the part and readily communicates and personifies the variety of emotions and stratums that Haneke utilizes him for. On the basic level, the human drama in Caché is effective if not overwhelming, but metaphorically this is as powerful and multilayered as the viewer's own intellectualism or frame of reference allows it to be. If you want to make a message movie, this is the way to do it.