Fresh
Roman Polanski's first English-language film is still a creepy little horror masterpiece.
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Repulsion
The nightmare world of a virgin's dreams becomes the screen's shocking reality!
1965 · 1h 45m · Not Rated
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Roman Polanski
Overview
Beautiful 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.
Director and cast
- Roman Polanski Director
- Catherine Deneuve as Carole Ledoux
- Ian Hendry as Michael
- John Fraser as Colin
- Yvonne Furneaux as Hélène Ledoux
- Helen Fraser as Brigitte
- Patrick Wymark as le propriétaire
- Valerie Taylor as Mme Denise
- Monica Merlin as Mme Rendesham
- Renée Houston as Mme Balch
- James Villiers as John
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Roman Polanski's first film in English is still his scariest and most disturbing.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Deneuve, without much dialog, handles a very difficult chore with insight and tact.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The ordeal we and Polanski craved for Deneuve turned out to be just a sport, and we were the ball -- just as we'd hoped.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Still perhaps Polanski's most perfectly realised film, a stunning portrait of the disintegration, mental and emotional, of a shy young Belgian girl (Deneuve) living in London.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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