MELODY’S SMILE (La Chambre des morts) North American Premiere Thriller/Fantasy France, 2007 In French with English subtitles 35mm/Scope/Color/Dolby SRD DTS Digital/118 min Awards: Lumière Award for Best Screenplay for Alfred Lot Official Selection: Unifrance French Film Festival in Japan (2008) Written and directed by: Alfred Lot Based on the original work by: Franck Thilliez Cinematography: Jérôme Alméras Editor: Maryline Monthieux Music: Nathaniel Mechaly Produced by: Charles Gassot Production Company: Produire à Paris With: Mélanie Laurent (Lucie Hennebelle), Eric Caravaca (Moreno), Gilles Lellouche (Sylvain), Jonathan Zaccaï (Vigo), Céline Sallette (Annabelle), Laurence Côte (Alex), Alexandre Carriere (Stan), Fanny Cottençon (la mère de Lucie), Jean-Pierre Gos (Van Boost), Stéphane Jobert (Raviez), Jean-François Stévenin (Léon) www.lachambredesmorts-lefilm.com Based on a successful noir novel written by Franck Thilliez, Melody’s Smile follows the first investigation of Lucie (Mélanie Laurent, The Last Day, Days of Glory, Paris (COLCOA 2008)), a young police officer and single mother. Lucie finds herself confronted with a macabre case involving the murder of a young blind girl, two unemployed computer engineers and 2 million euros. When a second little girl disappears, the investigation intensifies and Lucie reveals herself mysteriously knowledgeable about similar cases. Between Seven and The Silence of the Lambs, Melody’s Smile is a gothic thriller that takes the audience on a chilling esoteric journey. ALFRED LOT Writer-director Alfred Lot is an autodidact. He started working as production assistant, then worked as assistant director on various features, including Kiss of the Dragon, an action thriller written by Luc Besson and Jet Li. His work on Kiss of the Dragon led him to become production manager for various features produced by Besson’s production company EuropaCorp, including The Transporter. Melody’s Smile is his first feature as writer-director and won the Lumière Award for Best Screenplay. PRESS “La Chambre des morts quickly finds it originality in this permanent balance between stylized nightmare and reality....”(Les Inrockuptibles) “[Pic] has the advantage of not being limited to a linear plot, the action being paced with mirrored structures that give texture and depth...Here, we find the sweet Mélanie Laurent, rather realistic as a police officer with a troubled past, without make up or artifice, just like the film: directed in a raw, realistic manner.” (Première)