Heartbeat Detector

Synopsis
This corporate thriller from France follows company psychologist Simon Kessler (Mathieu Amalric, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY) who is assigned with investigating a CEO who executives fear is growing mentally unstable. While Kessler tries to get close to his subject, the CEO turns the tables on his interlocutor, revealing devastating company secrets that throw Kessler's life into turmoil. The mysteries only deepen as murder and blackmail are thrown into this dark mix.

Reviews
"[The] costars generate fine, underplayed tension, Klotz shoots in a palette of grays, then adds Schubert and techno for effective musical disorientation." -- Grade: A- (Entertainment Weekly)

3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]ntense musical interludes bring a dream-like feel to Klotz's provocative probe of contemporary capitalism." (Total Film)

"[O]ne of the most remarkable, formally ambitious and properly disquieting films in recent French cinema." (Sight and Sound)

4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is a searing indictment of corporate responsibility that will intrigue conspiracy theorists." (Empire)

3 stars out of 5 -- "Where the film does impress is in the actor's physicality: the director has a background in theatre and dance and enjoys encouraging bodies to talk." (Uncut)