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Director: François Ozon
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From Time Out Film Guide
On the surface the story seems slight. Set on Ile d'Yeu, one of the French Atlantic islands, it concerns Sasha (Hails), a lonely English housewife - abandoned for the week by her businessman husband - and their screaming baby. Happy to have the company, she allows a French backpacker to pitch her tent in the yard. Tatiana (de Van) is sulky and taciturn, but is she also dangerous? Ozon builds an overwhelming sense of nightmarish unease from seemingly banal detail; every composition, every cut signals a startling, disquieting talent. The scene in which Tatiana 'borrows' Sasha's toothbrush is worthy of Repulsion.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: François Ozon
Producer: Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
Cast: Sasha Hails, Marina de Van, Samantha, Paul Raoux full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 50 mins
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