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What’s rarer than a film that sneaks up on you unawares, a film that arrives without benefit of massive publicity but delivers major-league satisfaction? Based on a Harlan Coben novel, this top-notch thriller from France is so twisty you may forget to breathe. Starring such top French-speaking talents as Nathalie Baye, Jean Rochefort, Kristin Scott Thomas and Marie-Josee Croze, this story of what happens when a grieving widower receives what may be an e-mail from his dead wife succeeds because it’s as much a despairing love story as an edge-of-your-seat affair. It’s playing in West L.A., West Hollywood, Pasadena, Encino and Orange County, so what are you waiting for?