The Refuge

Le refuge

2009

François Ozon

Isabelle Carré, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Melvil Poupaud, Pierre Louis-Calixte ...

6.0

1,698

Drama

Drama

Le Refuge begins in a chic Paris apartment, where Mousse (Isabelle Carré) and Louis (Melvil Poupaud) have fallen into a spiral of drugs. Rich and beautiful, they are clearly in love, but perhaps also doomed. The next morning, Louis is dead of an overdose and Mousse is unconscious. When his mother shows up shortly after, it is to show the apartment to a prospective tenant. She had no idea of the life her son was leading. Now that he's ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A gentle portrait of emotional reconciliation that steadily unfurls from its haunting opener (...) The movie contains an admirable amount of psychological depth"
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"The acting here is lovely and understated (...) Behind the camera credits are so smooth that technique becomes invisible."
		Damon Wise Empire	"Lyrical in style and presentation, this drama alludes to serious issues but does not address them. Enjoyable stylistically, but not substantiated beyond glossy advertisement (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"Isabelle Carre gives Ozon's film a semi-documentary fascination in her real life pregnancy, lending Le Refuge a welcome authenticity (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Cath Clarke The Guardian	"An incomplete pleasure, but a pleasure nonetheless (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"One of the pleasures of 'Hideaway' (...) is its insistence on ambiguity"

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