Paris Under Watch (French: Aux yeux de tous; lit. 'In the eyes of all') is a 2012 French thriller film written by Audrey Diwan and Arnaud Duprey and directed by Cédric Jimenez and Duprey. The films stars Olivier Barthelemy, Mélanie Doutey and Francis Renaud.
The films follow a young anonymous hacker who discovers lost security camera footage of a recent terrorist attack at Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris. He decides to go after the culprit and discovers an unexpected plot.
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Plot
A bomb attack takes place at Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris, killing several people a few days before the presidential election. The police is suspecting an Al-Qaeda satellite-group, the security camera footage is lost. A hacker with an interest in security cameras gets hold of the lost footage. He decides to use his wide access to security cameras all over Paris to track down the culprits. In doing so, he discovers that the plot is bigger than expected.
Cast
Olivier Barthélémy as Sam Cortès
Mélanie Doutey as Nora
Francis Renaud as Otar Mirko
Féodor Atkine as Nicola Mirko
Valérie Sibilia as Marie
Batiste De Oliveira as Anonymous_26 / Martin
Pascal Henault as Tueur
Xavier Magot as David
Production
Paris Under Watch uses a fairly unusual approach by using only footage from security cameras and webcams for the video and phone recordings for the audio.