Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

best movie i've ever seen.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Hello,I read all your messages and I would like to tell you that Ecoute le temps of Alanté Kavaïté is a really beautiful, sensitive and interesting movie. I saw it two times at the cinema in Paris and it was each time very good. I'm really surprised about what it is written...something about a microphone visible in almost every shot...I assure you, at the cinema, it was a perfect image with a cinema scope version and without any microphone in the shot! if what it is written it's true, for sure the DVD version of this movie is a bad one.... I think that this new film director is talented and I support her work.

I have NO IDEA what the other two reviewers are going on about! kosmasp's friend is clearly a fool who should go back to watching trashy action movies. Not only is the film fairly slow-paced (though not terribly so, if you're used to watching quality cinema and not just American rubbish), it also has subtitles, which requires reading - I bet he struggled with that one! As for writers reign: talk about PICKY! Why should there be any "indication that she has resigned from her career and returned to her childhood home on a permanent basis"? Her mother has just died! That's why she's a) returned to her childhood SUMMER home and b)why she's taken some time off work. If she's interested in sound, why shouldn't she own SOME recording equipment? Idiot.The ONLY thing I found annoying/distracting about this film is that (ironically for a film whose main protagonist is a sound-engineer) the microphone is visible in almost every shot (at least on my DVD copy - maybe it's something to do with the aspect ratio). Nevertheless, a very decent film and well worth the less-than-90mins of your life it will take to watch.

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.