Repulsion (1965)
Directed by Roman Polański
Genres - Drama, Horror, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Thriller |
Release Date - Oct 2, 1965 (USA - Unknown), Oct 2, 1965 (USA) |
Run Time - 104 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Karl Williams
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.
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repression, apartment, hallucination, landlord, murder, suitor, virgin
Attributes
High Artistic Quality