The Pact of Silence

The Pact of Silence

95 mins | Thriller, Mystery | March 5, 2003

Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and physician; he can find no cause for her debilitating abdominal pain. When Sarah and he are transferred to Paris, Joachim looks for Gaëlle, now on probation and finding no respite from society's approbation. An enterprising reporter is digging into Gaëlle's life, the mother superior of Sarah's convent hovers over her, and Joachim investigates the phenomenon of twin's symmetry. Is there any release from the past?

The Pact of Silence

95 mins | Thriller, Mystery | March 5, 2003

The Pact of Silence
Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and physician; he can find no cause for her debilitating abdominal pain. When Sarah and he are transferred to Paris, Joachim looks for Gaëlle, now on probation and finding no respite from society's approbation. An enterprising reporter is digging into Gaëlle's life, the mother superior of Sarah's convent hovers over her, and Joachim investigates the phenomenon of twin's symmetry. Is there any release from the past?
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers
Original title Le Pacte du silence
Directors Graham Guit
Writers Marcelle Bernstein, Roselyne Bosch

Cast

Gérard Depardieu

as Joachim

Élodie Bouchez

as Sarah

Carmen Maura

as Mère Emmanuelle

Isaac Sharry

as Morel

Patrícia Bull

as La mère de l'enfant noyé

Teresa Madruga

as La matonne

Augusto Portela

as Le policier

Orlando Costa

as Le chauffeur hôtel

Miguel Hurst

as L'interne

Lucinda Loureiro

as La gardienne de prison

Elsa Wallencamp

as La religieuse carmel

Patrice Cols

as Le collègue de Chaumelle

Philippe du Janerand

as Chaumelle, le scientifique

Hervé Pierre

as Marcel

Isabelle Candelier

as La psychiatre

Wojciech Pszoniak

as L'archevêque

Anne Le Ny

as La soeur infirmière

Tsilla Chelton

as Mère Joseph

Estelle Larrivaz

as La soeur archiviste

Charlotte Bonnet

as Suzanne Chaumelle

Lucie Le Bras

as Gaëlle - Sarah à 14 ans