Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Repulsion 1965

Repulsion (1965)    Carol is a Belgian manicurist living with her sister, Helen in a London flat.  Carol finds her sister's relationship with a married man extremely disturbing.  Carol is attracted to men but also feels repulsed by them.  Helen goes with Michael on holiday and Carol begins to disintegrate mentally, hallucinating bizarre encounters.  She is forced to take a leave from her job which leaves her alone in the apartment.
    This is very good, Carol has a lot of mental problems which escalate as time passes.  The special effects for this time period in film making are very good.  4* (I really liked this movie)

105 min, Mystery directed by Roman Polanski with Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, Yvonne Fumeaux, Renee Houston, Helen Fraiser.

Note:  Blockbuster 3 1/2*, 7.9 imdb out of 10, 100% critic 86% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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