Repulsion
Directed by Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski's (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown) brilliant tale of psychological horror stars Catherine Deneuve as a sexually repressed beautician whose spiral into madness leads to murder. Carol (Deneuve) is a beautiful, yet extremely withdrawn, young manicurist who shares a London apartment with her more worldly sister (Yvonne Furneaux, La Dolce Vita). When her sister leaves on vacation with her married lover (Ian Hendry), Carol, left alone to reflect on her own emotional and sexual frigidity, becomes progressively and dangerously dysfunctional. As the Pandora's Box that is her psyche opens up, the apartment becomes a surreal and terrifying prison of her own imagining.
Left alone when her sister goes on vacation, a sexually repressed young beauty goes insane with surreal fantasies.
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Henry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark, Renee Houston
Member Reviews
Fabulous.
*sigh* Maybe I'm just not a deep thinking like the rest of you. I really don't understand how this movie blows so many of your minds. .
A descent into madness by the master himself.
It was wonderful. It was a bit slow, but I had to remember that film used to be an art, which this was art. Catherine Deneauve had practically no lines, and she really ate with this role. It's kind of a hard watch given the times. Also, a hard watch remembering the world hasn't changed much.
I love this movie.