The Refuge details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Isabelle Carre, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Pierre Louis-Calixte, Melvil Poupaud |
| Director: | Francois Ozon |
| Genres: | Drama, World Cinema - Chinese, French |
| Studio: | FUSION MEDIA SALES |
| Original title | Le Refuge |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Refuge |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 08 Nov 2010 |
| Main languages: | French |
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Loving and Free
By FrankIV (506 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 01 Dec 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
This begins in relative squalour and some pretty heavy scenes of drug taking, and then shifts a gear into a dreamy, pastoral mode, all lush meadows, beaches and bird song as the protagonists seek comfort and, as the title implies, refuge of various sorts from various things. People ask to be held, rocked, cuddled, and the whole thing, beautifully shot, as one would expect from this excellent director, is immensely touching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(3)An unshowy, unforced film on addiction, birth and rebirth
By danieljparsons (118 reviews) from Ashford , 11 Jan 2011I adore these kinds of films; character driven, well acted, uncomplicated in terms of plot, emotive and perceptive. The French seem to do them especially well. Isabelle Carré, who really was pregnant during filming, is a revelation in understatement - if that isn't a contradiction in terms. She is wary but not shy, delicate but inquisitive, and her reactions are incredibly natural and real. Louis-Ronan Choisy complements her very well as the gay brother of her dead lover - he has a haunted quality in some of his scenes but radiates warmth. Mathieu Hippeau and François Ozon's screenplay is excellent and Mousse's 'self-rehab' from drug addiction is handled sensitively and non-sensationally (very different from the melodramatic methods used in most Hollywood films) - she simply gets on with it and tries to make the best she can of an awful situation. I was also very impressed with the ambiguous & open ending that successfully gives closure whilst making no promises of happiness, just hope. François Ozon is one of my favourite directors, and Le Refuge is an excellent film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Loving and Free
By FrankIV (506 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 01 Dec 2010This begins in relative squalour and some pretty heavy scenes of drug taking, and then shifts a gear into a dreamy, pastoral mode, all lush meadows, beaches and bird song as the protagonists seek comfort and, as the title implies, refuge of various sorts from various things. People ask to be held, rocked, cuddled, and the whole thing, beautifully shot, as one would expect from this excellent director, is immensely touching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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always a problem
By a customer from E1 London , 27 Nov 2010i admit it! I always seem to have problems viewing french movies - well most - Le Haine happens to be a favourite - but I always live in hopes! This begins by focussing on the drug habits of two privileged people in fairly opulent surroundings until the inevitable tragedy occurs. What follows is set up in a promising way - how will the survivor deal with the issues arising from the broken relationship and the influence of the dead partner's family? I had my fingers crossed that it would be interesting and plausible - it was neither - just increasingly a 'french movie land' scenario. It does look beautiful however.- Was this review helpful to you?
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