Entre ses mains
Directed by	Anne Fontaine
Written by	Julien Boivent Anne Fontaine
Based on	Les Kangourous by Dominique Barbéris
Produced by	Philippe Carcassonne Bruno Pésery
Starring	Benoît Poelvoorde Isabelle Carré
Cinematography	Denis Lenoir
Edited by	Luc Barnier Philippe Ravoet
Music by	Pascal Dusapin
Release date	21 September 2005 (2005-09-21) (France)
Running time	90 min
Country	France / Belgium
Language	French
Budget	$5.8 million [1]
Box office	$2.9 million [2]

Entre ses mains is a 2005 French-Belgian drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. It is also known as In His Hands.^[3] The screenplay was written by Fontaine and Julien Boivent.

Plot

Claire Gauthier works for an insurance company. Laurent Kessler is a client. When she has to deal with him he tries to seduce her. In spite of her marriage and her daughter she agrees to dating him. When she learns more about Kessler it strikes her how strange he behaves and that he might be the serial killer who currently makes news by murdering women.

Cast

• Benoît Poelvoorde as Laurent Kessler
• Isabelle Carré as Claire Gauthier
• Jonathan Zaccaï as Fabrice Gauthier
• Valérie Donzelli as Valérie
• Agathe Louvieaux as Pauline
• Bernard Bloch as directeur
• Véronique Nordey as Mme Kessler, Laurent's mother
• Michel Dubois as Claire's father
• Martine Chevallier as Claire's mother

Awards and nominations

• César Awards (France)
  • Nominated: Best Actor – Leading Role (Benoît Poelvoorde)
  • Nominated: Best Actress – Leading Role (Isabelle Carré)
  • Nominated: Best Writing – Adaptation (Julien Boivent and Anne Fontaine)
• Joseph Plateau Awards (Belgium)
  • Nominated: Best Belgian Actor (Benoît Poelvoorde)

References

External links

• Entre ses mains at IMDb
• Entre ses mains at the TCM Movie Database
• Entre ses mains at the British Film Institute
• Entre ses mains at AlloCine (in French)