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1965 film directed by Roman Polanski
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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.
Released: 1965-06-01105 minDir: Roman PolanskiDrama, Thriller, HorrorBudget: $300,000Box office: $3.1M
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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
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- independent film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- Creator
- Jan Lenica
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Screenwriter
- Gérard Brach
- Cast member
- James Villiers
- Composer
- Chico Hamilton
- Producer
- Gene Gutowski
- Cinematographer
- Gilbert Taylor
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 163205
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1965-01-01
- title
- Repulsion
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 7.5/10
- set in period
- 1960s
- set in environment
- apartment
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