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Repulsion (1965) -- Roman Polanski knows how to creep people out. Watch French beauty Catherine Deneuve in her sexy 60s prime as she hallucinates her way into murderous madness.
Repulsion (1965) -- Left alone when her sister goes on vacation, a sexually repressed young beauty goes insane with surreal fantasies of seduction and rape.

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Director:
Writers:
Roman Polanski (original screenplay) &
Gérard Brach (original screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
3 October 1965 (USA) more
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From the Award-Winning "Knife In the Water" more
Plot:
Left alone when her sister goes on vacation, a sexually repressed young beauty goes insane with surreal fantasies of seduction and rape. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination more
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Catherine Deneuve suffers from an industrial-strength case of sexual repression more (144 total)

Cast

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Catherine Deneuve ... Carole
Ian Hendry ... Michael
John Fraser ... Colin
Yvonne Furneaux ... Helen
Patrick Wymark ... Landlord
Renee Houston ... Miss Balch
Valerie Taylor ... Madame Denise
James Villiers ... John
Helen Fraser ... Bridget
Hugh Futcher ... Reggie
Monica Merlin ... Mrs. Rendlesham
Imogen Graham ... Manicurist
Mike Pratt ... Workman
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Runtime:
105 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Finland:(Banned) (1965) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1993) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1965) (cut) | UK:15 (2004) | Hungary:16 | Iceland:16 | UK:15 (theatrical re-release) | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:M | Norway:16 (original rating) | Norway:18 (video rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1984) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Unrated
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Roman Polanski's first English-language film. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the scene right before the boyfriend is murdered, the old woman's dog can be seen panting, with its tongue hanging out - yet we hear barking. more
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Carole Ledoux: I must get this crack mended. more
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52 out of 64 people found the following comment useful.
Catherine Deneuve suffers from an industrial-strength case of sexual repression, 27 July 2002
Author: cogs from (e.g. London, England)

In "Repulsion" the gorgeous Catherine Deneuve suffers from an industrial-strength case of sexual repression, coupled with a hefty dose of sibling rivalry which foists upon her a succession of rape fantasies and delusional hallucinations. Polanski's direction is unparalleled as he elicits a creepy terror through the use of some fairly unconventional special-effects. The subjective world created for the heroine is a series of dreams and visions of a decaying apartment and psycho-sexual fantasy and this is what the film seems to be about. The cracking walls are perhaps one of the most ingeniously horrifying special-effects in cinematic history. The lack of dialogue that runs throughout complements the restrained narrative design as the neurotic obsessions remain largely unexplained. But for better or for worse, I think better, Polanski's final frame settles on an image which cryptically resolves the entire enigma with a kind of devastating efficiency. All in all, one of the great films of the 1960s.

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