It stars Charlotte Rampling and Bruno Cremer Charlotte Rampling is excellent as Marie Drillon, a lecturer, who travels to her seaside residence with her husband of 25 years, Jean. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female Jean goes for a swim whilst Marie is lay on the beach, and disappears, never returning. A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family. As is their custom, they spend their holiday in a cottage on the coast. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. When her husband goes swimming and, after a brief afternoon nap, Marie wakes up, she finds that her husband has not returned. Of four films I've seen so far by this director, I've bought three: looks like I'm a fan! After committing a murder, a young couple on the run find refuge in a remote cottage in the woods, where they become trapped by the perverse hermit who lives there.
Please try againTravelling or based outside United States? A surprising change of pace for (up to that stage in his directorial career) shock auteur François Ozon in the wake of bourgeois facade-ripping as REGARDE LA MER and SITCOM, this minimalist masterpiece deals with love, loss and grief yet never becomes heavy-handed.Looking for some great streaming picks? Sign in to see videos available to you.Quickly browse titles in our catalog based on the ones you have picked. Modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel.
Marie, a professor of English literature in a Paris university, has been happily married to Jean for 25 years, although they have no children. After a fruitless search she returns to Paris but refuses to admit his death. “Every day … we would meet a Dutch couple in their sixties. It may be said of Ozon what someone once said of Poulenc, "Too often, when M. Poulenc has nothing to say, he says it." so far so good. The plot is very simple, linear as an arrow but has a gripping twist right at the beginning.
what would you do? Rampling's performance is genuinely moving, and the script has some very poignant and thought-provoking moments, which make the film reccomended viewing for those who seek to gain a sense of perspective and understanding, on serious issues; such as loss and memory, both of which are at the heart of 'Under the Sand'. She goes to sleep; Jean goes in the water for a swim and vanishes.
Jean seems slightly disengaged, moving through his day too quietly. Use the HTML below. Directed by François Ozon. Celebrate National Dog Day with a look at some shows that feature a few of the most adorable dogs on TV.Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. A fashion photographer with terminal cancer elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him. When the two go to the beach, the camera lingers on close-ups of Jean staring at the water while Marie relaxes next to him. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes. Read movie and film review for Under the Sand (2000) - François Ozon on AllMovie - Sous le Sable belongs to Charlotte Rampling. 'The easiest, most powerful universal search engine for all streaming services. Getting a bit boring by this time. Oh, thou cruel woman! When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.
Still, Ozon sometimes delivers, justifying his reputation as a filmmaker to watch. That her past love is so complete is touching ,but she had the possibility of a future which is not taken. Sous le Sable (2000) is a drama, mystery movie starring Charlotte Rampling and Bruno Cremer. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Beautiful cinematography.