See Here My Love (1978) User Reviews (4)

Lost oddity

[univibe · 5/10 · 10 November 2006]

I saw this movie twenty-five years ago and have never heard of it since. I'm writing this off my memory in the hope that someone will indicate how to find this lost film. It's strange that a movie featuring two well known actors like Catherine Deneuve and Sami Frey could completely disappear but it's not the strangest thing about the film. The plot line is almost incomprehensible: It deals with a female Marlowe investigating a sect that uses some kind of mind-control ray. Not very clear. The characters sometime walk out of a room inside a city building to find themselves in another room in a castle in the countryside??? Actor Sami Frey has installed some short-wave radio equipment inside a big round shaped pigeon house and can detect/control the ray. I'm not clear about the details. What I do remember is that the soundtrack is very elaborate and that's the reason I would like to see the movie again. I also remember the photography to be quite good. Maybe it was an experiment at emulating Luis Bunuel. I hope it resurfaces eventually.

The French Chic of the Seventies

[Thorsten_B · 8/10 · 15 August 2007]

Hugo Santiago, creator of the (only little) better known "Invasion", made this film in France in 1979 and perfectly captures the mood that these small-budget, highly intelligent post-68 psycho-crime-flicks used to have in these days. Most of these pictures are long lost and forgotten; I had a lucky day when I found (and taped) "The mysterious Sect", as it was called in translation, on German TV few years ago (and finally managed to watch it). The plot – starting out with private eye Deneuve taken in service by castle owner Frey to research some strangers' attempts to break into his castle – gets trickier within every five minutes and offers quite a few twists, and not least it offers the young Anne Parillaud. Sound plays a big part in it, but giving away the reason would be too big a spoiler. There are people who love these kind of movies, but these folks are not many, and they will have a hard time finding this particular one. However, hunting it down pays. It's intellectual and entertaining (even a bit comical) all at the same time, and all in an almost "elite" way, building barriers for people with an affinity for the conventional Hollywood cinema (which was, of course, itself on a much higher degree of sophistication back in 1979). If you like the weird and unexpected, and especially if you have a heart for the french movie chic of the 70s, this is for you. I know I don't say anything new, but it really is a pity that so many films like "Écoute voir" have fallen victim to complete oblivion, with only coincidence saving some for those who love them.

Deneuve as Marlowe

[dbdumonteil · 17 September 2005]

First shock : you meet some kind of private eye ,complete with trench coat and hat;surprise,for the first (and probably last) time in the story of cinema ,the traditional private of the old film noirs is a woman,and an attractive woman at that (Deneuve!)! The story is bizarre ,involving a sect,"the Church of the final Revival".Deneuve is hired by a mysterious noble,Arnaud De Maule ,to investigate his friend Chloé's disappearance."Ecoute voir" might seem Chandleresque,but it also owes a good deal to Jules Verne (the ray) and even Souvestre-Alain's Fantomas ,the latter taking us back to the prehistory of the French cinema(Louis Feuillade).In a word: odd.

Lesbian Scene.

[Osmar-5 · 12 November 1999]

There is a great lesbian scene on this movie. Where Catherine Deneuve kisses in the mouth to Anne Parillaud.They are surprised by a man. It is a very good scene for the lovers of lesbians' scenes.