Repulsion (1965) Synopsis & Summary
Synopsis
The first English-language film of director Roman Polanski is a psychological thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) and his own later film Rosemary's Baby (1968). Catherine Deneuve stars as Carol Ledoux, a Belgian manicurist living with her sister, Helen (Yvonne Furneaux), in a London flat. Simultaneously attracted and repulsed by sex, Carol is a virgin who finds her sister's relationship with a married man, Michael (Ian Hendry), extremely disturbing. When her sister and Michael go on holiday, Carol begins to disintegrate mentally, hallucinating bizarre encounters, being forced into taking a sabbatical from her job and ultimately committing a pair of murders in her deranged state. - Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
Movie Info
Starring:
Theatrical Release Date:
05/16/1965
DVD Release Date:
05/08/2001
Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Run Time:
105 min.
Distributor(s):
Compton-Cameo
Production Co.:
Michael Klinger, Royal Films International
Director(s):
Genre(s):
Themes:
Mental Illness
Tone:
Atmospheric, Eerie, Menacing, Ominous, Paranoid, Gruesome, Claustrophobic
Keywords:
apartment, hallucination, landlord, murder, repression, suitor, virgin
Setting:
apartment
Language:
English
Status:
DVD
