Switch

Montreal-based Sophie Malaterre, an unemployed fashion designer, discovers a vacation swap service that lets people trade homes for a few weeks. She secures an apartment in Paris near the Eiffel Tower that belongs to Bénédicte Serteaux and plans to swap lives for a break. When Sophie arrives, the arrangement quickly pulls her into a web of suspicion as authorities close in and the case takes an ominous turn. Detective Damien Forgeat suspects Sophie is the other woman, even as the truth behind the swap grows murkier and past secrets begin resurfacing. The pressure mounts as a fragile alibi and dangerous motives come into sharper focus. She fights to prove her innocence as the case blurs lines between friend and foe.

Directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer, Switch released in 2011 and draws on material from Jean-Christophe Grangé, delivering a lean thriller that leans on a tense premise and its crime driven core. Attention stays tight as twists arrive, keeping focus on cast.

Box office data for Switch is not provided in the available materials. If numbers exist, they are not cited here, so the report instead highlights the film as a compact international crime thriller with a modest footprint in theaters worldwide.

No major awards are listed for Switch in provided data, and the film remains a niche entry in Frédéric Schoendoerffer's body of work. The cast is led by Éric Cantona as the investigator Damien Forgeat and Karine Vanasse as Sophie, with Mehdi Nebbou, Aurélien Recoing and Karina Testa in support.

Reception & themes: Switch examines identity and the fragility of online arrangements, turning a simple home swap into a tense moral puzzle. The relationship between Sophie and the relentless detective frames most of the suspense, inviting viewers to question appearances and truth under pressure. Its atmosphere lingers after the reveal.