Repulsion

Name: Repulsion
Director: Roman Polanski
Genre: Crime/detective, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1965
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, Yvonne Furneaux

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Crime/detective
Drama

1965
Roman Polanski
100 mins
X

Summary

Psychological drama starring Catherine Deneuve. Carol Ledoux, a repressed Belgian manicurist working in London, becomes dangerously unbalanced when she is left alone in the flat she shares with her free-spirited sister.

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Review

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

Director Roman Polanski takes us on a deeply disturbing, hallucinatory trip into Catherine Deneuve's mental breakdown in this British psychological thriller, his first film in English. As Swinging London parties in the background, repressed Belgian manicurist Deneuve unsheathes her claws with deadly results. There are shades of Buñuel, Cocteau and Val Lewton, but Polanski puts his personal stamp on the violent visuals (the killing of a boyfriend and landlord) and the terrifying soundtrack (the buzzing of flies, a slashing knife). Filmed in stark black and white by Dr Strangelove's Gilbert Taylor, the final panning shot revealing a photograph of Deneuve as a young girl, even then withdrawn and apart, is a truly cathartic moment.

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7.5/10

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Cast

rolenameCarol LedouxCatherine DeneuveMichaelIan HendryColinJohn FraserLandlordPatrick WymarkHelen LedouxYvonne FurneauxMiss BalchRenee HoustonBridgetHelen FraserMadame DeniseValerie TaylorJohnJames VilliersReggieHugh FutcherSpoons playerRoman Polanski

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rolenameDirectorRoman Polanski

Details

Theatrical distributor

BFI

Released on

2012-12-21

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains violence.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Black and white