Read My Lips
She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
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Cast
24 people
Vincent Cassel
Paul Angeli
Known for
Black Swan
La Haine
Alexandre Desplat
Composer
Also in
The Monuments Men
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
Emmanuelle Devos
Carla Behm
Known for
Coco Before Chanel
Perfumes
Olivier Gourmet
Marchand
Known for
Cyrano, My Love
Rosetta
Olivier Perrier
Masson
Known for
Anything for Her
Of Gods and Men
Olivia Bonamy
Annie, Carla's friend
Known for
Them
The Last Deadly Mission
Bernard Alane
Morel
Known for
The Suicide Shop
Hibernatus
Céline Samie
Josie Marchand
Known for
No Man's Land
Monsieur Ibrahim
Pierre Diot
Keller
Known for
Coco Before Chanel
Penny Pincher!
François Loriquet
Jean-François
Known for
Happening
In the Beginning
Serge Onteniente
Mammouth
Known for
A Prophet
Paris Can Wait
David Saracino
Richard Carambo
Known for
Frontier(s)
Go Fast
Jacques Audiard Director · Tonino Benacquista Screenplay Alexandre Desplat Composer
Worldwide gross $5.4M · Budget $8.8M · United States release July 5, 2002
Box office
Budget
$8,800,000
Worldwide gross
$5,400,000
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Ciné B
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Pathé Image
Production
Sédif Productions
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Sur mes lèvres
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Canada · September 10, 2001
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France · October 17, 2001
Theatrical
United States · July 5, 2002
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
March 8, 2002 · Premiere · Rendezvous with French Cinema
June 8, 2002 · Premiere · Atlanta Film Festival
July 19, 2002 · Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
July 26, 2002 · Theatrical
Argentina
June 12, 2003 · Theatrical
Australia
May 15, 2003 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 17, 2001 · Theatrical
Chile
March 5, 2004 · Theatrical
Czechia
December 7, 2002 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Denmark
March 31, 2004 · Premiere · NatFilm Festival
April 23, 2004 · Theatrical
France
October 31, 2002 · TV · Canal+
October 1, 2026 · TV · France 4
Germany
February 1, 2002 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
November 18, 2011 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
Greece
August 29, 2003 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 8, 2003 · Theatrical
Israel
May 9, 2002 · Theatrical
Italy
May 3, 2002 · Theatrical
Japan
September 20, 2003 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 27, 2002 · Premiere · Sexto tour de cine Frances en México
Netherlands
April 10, 2003 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 16, 2003 · Theatrical
Russia
March 28, 2003 · Limited theatrical
Serbia
March 3, 2003 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
Spain
July 9, 2004 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 17, 2001 · Theatrical
January 17, 2002 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 24, 2002 · Theatrical
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