High Tension

Haute tension (2003)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2003-06-18

Country

France, Romania

Production

Canal+, EuropaCorp, Alexandre Films, Media Pro Pictures, MediaPro Pictures

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$2 200 000

Revenue

$6 050 109

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Director

Alexandre Aja

Actors

Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon, Andrei Finti, Oana Pellea, Marco Claudiu Pascu, Franck Khalfoun, Jean-Claude de Goros, Bogdan Uritescu, Gabriel Spahiu
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Scenario

Grégory Levasseur, Alexandre Aja

Producer

Robert Benmussa, Alexandre Arcady

Operator

Maxime Alexandre

Composer

François-Eudes Chanfrault

Artist

Călin Papură

Audition

Florin Kevorkian

Editing

Baxter, Al Rundle, Sophie Vermersch
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• On the back of the maniac’s jacket, you can see the name of a company called “Aja & Predo,” where the first word is the director’s last name.
• During the filming of the car running over the camera, so much fake blood got on it that when the camera was later used on another film, it was discovered that fake blood was still on it during setup.
• The film is set in the south of France, but it was filmed in Romania for financial reasons and because the landscape there resembled that of France.
• Only scenes with Marie and Alex in the killer's car were filmed in the studio.
• While driving through the forest, Cecile De France was practically always at the wheel.
• The exterior of Alex's house was filmed at a dilapidated old mill, which was restored specifically for the filming.
• The film's title translates to "High Voltage".
• During the filming of a car crash, so much fake blood got on the camera that when it was subsequently used on the set of another film, it was discovered that fake blood remained on it.
• Filming took place in Romania.
• Alex's house was filmed externally on a dilapidated old mill, which was restored specifically for the shooting.
• The film's title translates as "High Voltage".
• The name of a company, “Aja & Predo,” can be seen on the back of the maniac’s jacket, where the first word is the director’s surname.