Rampling has never been as beautiful, not to mention as emotionally naked, nuanced, and affecting as she is here.
Under the Sand(Sous le Sable)
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France, Japan · 2000
1h 32m
Director François Ozon
Starring Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart
Genre Drama, Mystery
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When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
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An exquisite reflection on personal bereavement.
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
It's a great pleasure that -- we get to ponder one of the most involving psychological mysteries in recent memory.
San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
This is Rampling's film, and she's never less than surprising, never less than a revelation.
Powerfully enigmatic study of the fundamental opacity of human relations.
TV Guide Magazine by Frank Lovece
The film ends with a return to the beach, and one of the most psychologically chilling and expertly photographed shots imaginable.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Requires careful attention at its abrupt finish. Close concentration on the final shots yields a meaning not possible should a viewer's attention wander or turn away a few moments too soon.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Ozon specializes in dissecting the vulnerability, erotic longing, and garbled intentions with which people regularly rub up against one another.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
It stays in your memory, will not leave you in peace.
A sensitive and subtle meditation on aging, loss and bereavement.
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