after erase my thought nearly twenty seven time and there be a feeling that i can now conquer this review for the complex french drama and read my lip . have write over five hundred review and i have never find myself at such a loss of word a i do with director jacques audiard subtle and yet inspirational love story . thought be pour over what be love and hat about this film and and while the love overpower and it be the element that be hat that spark further debate within my mind . read my lip be a drama . to be more precise and be a character drive drama which fuse social uncertainty with crime lord with the doldrums of everyday office work . here be where this review begin to crumble and it be all of these item but it be more much and much more . a a viewer and you be pull in instantly by emmanuelle devos portrayal of this fragile woman name carla and whose strength be lose to the male in her office as well a her hearing difficulty . audiard introduce u harshly to her world by remove sound from the screen whenever she be not wear her aid and cause an immediate unrest and not only from the character within the film and but to those watch . without sound and the world be leave open to any possibility and and that be frighten . a we watch this difficult and unsettling woman set into her life and we be then uprooted and give the opportunity to meet paul ( play exquisitely by vincent cassel ) and a slick back hair and mustache wear lanky man who be just release from prison and homeless and jobless and and force by his parole officer to get a job . this be how carla and paul meet . there be that moment of instant and unsettling attraction . the one where we think she love him and but he be dark ( and here be where it get even more fun ) and where we think he love her and but she be dark . the constant role reversal create the tone of the unknown . who and a viewer and be we to feel the most sympathy for . paul sleep in the office and carla help him while carla loose a contract to a rival co worker and paul help her while carla ability to read people lip come in handy for a make shift idea for paul . the continual jump back and forth keep you on your chair and wait for the possibility of some light to shine through this dark cave . it never do . audiard can not just allow this story to take place and he continually introduce u to more character while one just as seedy a the next . even our rock and our solid foundation with the parole officer be in question when his wife go miss a subplot to this film that at first anger me and but upon further debate be a staple finale for this film . yet none of this could have happen if it weren not for our character . devos solemn and homely look be breathtaking and a she change her image for paul while the truth of her beauty be discover . paul and the wildcard in the film and continue to seemingly use and abuse the friendship for his final endgame . then and just a we assume one and carla take on one last shape . audiard know he have amazing actor capture his character . cassel and devos could just play card the entire time and i would still be sit at the end of my chair . the story and probably the weak part of this film and be at first random . the interwoven story seem unconnected at first and but audiard let them connect bit by bit . again and the entire parole officer segment be tangent and but that final scene just solidify the end to the mean . not attempt to sound vague and but this complex ( yet utterly simple ) story be difficult to explain . there be plenty happen and but it be up to you to connect the piece . a favorite scene be when carla be attempt to discover where some money be be hold . that use of sound and scene be brilliant . it be tense and it be dramatic and and it be like watch a who dun it mystery unfold before your eye . overall and i initially though this be a mediocre french film that i could easily forget about when it be over i be prove wrong . read my lip open the floor for discussion and not just with the character and but the situation . one will find themselves root for carla in one scene and and paul in the next . when a discovery be make in paul apartment by carla and i find myself deeply angry . audiard bring true emotion to the screen with his character and development and and what he be lack in plot the actor be able to carry . i can easily suggest this film to anyone and but be prepare while this isn not a one time view film . repeat . repeat . repeat . grade represent out of .