sur me lèvres or read my lip be fine little thriller that also examine the life of outsider and people who live in the periphery of our vision who struggle with the need to fit in . director jacques audiard with and co writer tonino benacquista have create a tense and tight and completely entertaining little thriller that make some significant statement about out of the norm individual and their plight . carla ( emmanuelle devos ) be a plain jane and mostly deaf and thirty something unnoticed secretary for a company whose life be one of social and sexual isolation and whose view of the future be rather bleak . enter paul ( vincent cassel ) a recent release ex con parolee who respond to an ad to be carla assistant . there be a mutual physical repulsion at first meeting represent carla have hop for a well groom and genteel man who might fulfill her fantasy and paul be a coarse and unkempt sleazy guy who be not impressed with be a clerk . their concept change rather quickly when paul salvage carla job by fill her request to steal a letter that would cost her her job and paul discovers carla lip reading ability which he see a a way to spy on the criminal from his past who threaten his life for money owe . so this odd couple of a team join force and together enter a dangerous suspense fill ploy to gain paul safety and freedom . the relationship be full of twist and edge of the seat suspense with each of these unlikely character fulfil role in their life that fill the chink in their wall of isolation in surprising way . devos and cassel deliver bravura performance and the remainder of the cast be uniformly strong . once again alexandre desplat have produce a musical score that enhance the tension and cinematographer mathieu vadepied find all the right lighting and angle to suggest the world of isolation of the character as well a the hitchcockian sense of suspense . director audiard wisely manipulate a factor that be at once sensitive and transformative for the story represent he show u the difference between hear the world with and without hear aid and in do so make some powerful social comment . this be a fine film that remain in the rank of the best of the french film noir genre . recommend . grady harp .