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Repulsion
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7.4Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
Cast
- Catherine Deneuve as Carol Ledoux
- Ian Hendry as Michael
- John Fraser as Colin
- Yvonne Furneaux as Hélène Ledoux
- Patrick Wymark as le propriétaire
- Renée Houston as Mme Balch
Themes
- london, england
- schizophrenia
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- hallucination
- rent
- loneliness
- black and white
- psychosis
- psychological horror
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
59,958 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
91/100
- Year
- 1965
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Screenplay by
- Roman Polanski Gérard Brach David Stone
- Story by
- Roman Polanski Gérard Brach
- Produced by
- Gene Gutowski
- Starring
- Catherine Deneuve Ian Hendry John Fraser Patrick Wymark Yvonne Furneaux
- Cinematography
- Gilbert Taylor
- Edited by
- Alastair McIntyre
- Music by
- Chico Hamilton
- Production companies
- Compton Films Tekli British Productions
- Distributed by
- Compton Films
- Release date
- 10 June 1965 ( 1965-06-10 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- £65,000
- Box office
- $3.1 million
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Internet Archive
textsStructural anisotropy and orientation-induced Casimir repulsion in fluids
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 163205
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- publication date
- 1965-01-01
- title
- Repulsion
- review score
- 7.5/10
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Repulsion is a 1965 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Catherine Deneuve. Based on a story written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, the plot follows Carol, a withdrawn, disturbed young woman who, when left alone in the apartment she shares with her sister, is subject to a number of nightmarish experiences. The film focuses on the point of view of Carol and her vivid hallucinations and nightmares as she comes into contact with men and their desires for her. Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, and Yvonne Furneaux appear in supporting roles.
Shot in London, it is Polanski's first English-language film and second feature-length production, following Knife in the Water (1962).