Directed by:
Roman PolańskiCinematography:
Gilbert TaylorCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, Helen Fraser, Valerie Taylor, Mike Pratt, Yvonne Furneaux, Roman Polański, Renee Houston, James Villiers, John Fraser (more)VOD (1)
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REPULSION, starring the incomparable Catherine Deneuve, was director Roman Polanski's first movie filmed in English. It chronicles the descent into schizophrenia of a sexually confused, isolated young woman named Carol who works at a beauty parlor and shares an apartment with her sister Helen (Yvonne Furneaux). One day Helen and her boyfriend, Michael (Ian Hendry), go off on vacation together and Carol is left alone in the empty apartment, where the only sounds are the constant ticking of a clock, faucets dripping, and the invasive ringing of a telephone. Extremely paranoid, Carol refuses to let anyone in and never leaves the building herself, in effect breaking off all contact with the outside world. In this claustrophobic environment, she begins to lose her grip on reality, suffering from hallucinations of being attacked by a phantom rapist and hands reaching out from the walls to grab her. (official distributor synopsis)
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