Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne)  directed by Guillaume Canet based on a novel by Harlan Coben (2006)

Tell No One is  is a very stylish French thriller which is well worth watching before Hollywood releases a superfluous remake.

Here is a brief spoiler free plot summary :

Alex (François Cluzet) wife Margot (Marie-José Croze) were childhood sweethearts and are now happily married. They still get gooey over a heart they carved on a tree trunk soon after their first kiss.

At the start of the movie their togetherness is signified by a bit of skinny dipping but when Margot goes for a moonlight swim things begin to go pear-shaped.

From the wood at the other side of the lake she cries for help. Alex swims to investigate and gets clubbed by a baseball bat for his trouble.

The next thing we know it is 8 years later. Continue reading