Repulsion
7.4
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- Original title
- Repulsion
- Year
- 1965
- Running time
- 105 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Catherine Deneuve
- Ian Hendry
- Patrick Wymark
- John Fraser
- Yvonne Furneaux
- Valerie Taylor
- James Villiers
- Helen Fraser
- Renee Houston
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- Music
- Cinematography
Gilbert Taylor (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Horror. Thriller. Drama | Psychological Drama. Surrealism
- Movie Groups
- Apartment Trilogy
- Synopsis
- A Belgian girl, Carol, works as a manicurist at a London beauty salon. While having lunch, a good looking young man, Colin, spots her and makes a date for another evening. She shares a flat with her sister Helen. Her sister's married lover, Michael, brings out her dislike of men which she cannot explain to Colin. Michael takes Helen abroad for a holiday. Left alone in their flat, Carol's moments of catalepsy and hallucination increase and deepen into madness.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1965: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best British Cinematography (B&W)1965: Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear - Extraordinary Jury Prize, FIPRESCI Prize1965: New York Film Critics Circle: Nom. for Best Director & Best Actress (Deneuve)
- Critics' reviews
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"A creepy little horror masterpiece"
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"There can't be many other films which so plausibly show an entire, warped world created from a single point of view"
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 60 My Favorite British & Irish Movies (41)
- 94 My Favorite Horror Movies (167)
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