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Repulsion
1965
REPULSION, 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 .. Read more
| Starring | Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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Repulsion
REPULSION, 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.
| Starring | Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, Yvonne Furneaux, Renee Houston, James Villiers, Valerie Taylor |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Studio | Odeon |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1965 To Rent: DVD: 24 May 2010 |
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Weird, unmotivated but undeniably effective Grand Guignol in the form of a case history; little dialogue, which is just as well as the director at that time clearly had no ear for the language.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
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Unsettling psychological horror from Polanski
Roman Polanski's macabre classic 'Repulsion' stars Catherine Deneuve as Carole, a timid, sexually repressed Belgian girl living in London with her ... read more »
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Excellent performance from Catherine Deneuve in an otherwise boring film
Catherine Deneuve is a fine actress, and what a dazzling beauty! I couldn't help but notice how similar Gwyneth Paltrow looked like Catherine Deneuve when ... read more »
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Another side to the swinging sixties
This is one of Roman Polanski’s London films and it may be his best. His exploration of incipient mental illness in a young woman is quite fascinating. ... read more »
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Beautiful Film!
A visually beautiful film.
Catherine Deneuve is excellent as the young woman who is slowly driven off the rails by isolation and paranoia. She plays ... read more » - 965336
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REPULSION, 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 (...
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