Repulsion
1965, 105 min
Country: Great Britain Studio: Criterion Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, Ian Hendry Director: Roman Polanski Rating: Not Rated Our Rating:
FROM THE LINER NOTESRepulsion, starring the incomparable Catherine Deneuve, was director Roman Polanski's first movie filmed in English. It chronicles the descent into schizophrenia of a sexually confused, isolated young woman named Carol who works at a beauty parlor and shares an apartment with her sister Helen (Yvonne Furneaux). One day Helen and her boyfriend, Michael (Ian Hendry), go off on vacation together and Carol is left alone in the empty apartment, where the only sounds are the constant ticking of a clock, faucets dripping, and the invasive ringing of a telephone. Extremely paranoid, Carol refuses to let anyone in and never leaves the building herself, in effect breaking off all contact with the outside world. In this claustrophobic environment, she begins to lose her grip on reality, suffering from hallucinations of being attacked by a phantom rapist and hands reaching out from the walls to grab her. Highly acclaimed and extremely gripping, Polanski's disturbing film can be seen as a prelude to his later work in the field of psychological horror: Rosemary's Baby and, especially, The Tenant.3 REASONS TO BUY THIS FILM
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An eerie, kaleidoscope profile of a troubled young girl, imprisoned by her sexual fears and splintered by her shattered psyche. When her sister leaves her alone for the weekend, she is thrust into a world of mental deterioration and hallucinatory nightmares. Polanski directs a profoundly moving performance by Deneuve as the demure manicurist plagued by frightening visions.
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