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Spoiler-free premise
A comfortable Parisian family begins receiving anonymous surveillance recordings of their home.
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Paris television host Georges Laurent and wife Anne receive anonymous videotapes showing hours of their home, followed by disturbing drawings. Georges's investigation returns him to Majid, an Algerian man connected to a childhood act Georges has concealed.
Why it belongs
Cache (Hidden) positions a static surveillance image as ethical accusation, linking private denial to France's colonial memory without granting viewers a safe vantage point.
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Unmarked long takes, videotapes, drawings, television images, apartment symmetry, and offscreen duration make watching ethically unstable; Daniel Auteuil's defensive Georges reveals guilt through irritation and control rather than confession.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
Film Club
Descriptive guidance derived from rating, genre, runtime, mood, and GCML scores.
Institutional reference ranks
Sight & Sound—IMDb Top 250—AFI 100—
Reference metadata only · not part of the 40/40/20 score
Great Cinema Master List scores
Greatness8.9
Engagement8.8
Ease7.8
French · R Narrative Feature Mood: Unsettling & Cerebral
