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In the House
- Director: François Ozon
- Writer: François Ozon
- Producer: Eric Altmeyer; Nicolas Altmeyer
CGiii Comment
When Monsieur Ozon puts his mind to it - he can make a damn fine film.
A darkly comic, dialogue-driven, table-turning take on the rites of passage...played to perfection under the control of some deliciously devious direction.
Who would have thought that suburban contemporary art would sit comfortably beside suburban normality seen through the eyes of an amicably manipulative, teenage writing protege...?!?!!?
Slick, clever and , compelling...the wry humour tinged with the cruel realism of hidden agendas will defy any empathy for any character - apart from one, the ultimate victim...sweet Suburbia is not so sweet after all.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Cast & Characters
Fabrice Luchini as Germain Germain
Ernst Umhauer as Claude Garcia
Kristin Scott Thomas as Jeanne Germain
Emmanuelle Seigner as Esther Artole
Denis Ménochet as Rapha Artole père
Bastien Ughetto as Rapha Artole fils
Jean-François Balmer as Le proviseur du lycée Gustave Flaubert
Yolande Moreau as Les jumelles Rosalie et Eugénie
Catherine Davenier as Anouk - la secrétaire
Vincent Schmitt as Bernard - le prof de maths
Jacques Bosc as Monsieur Garcia - le père de Claude
Stéphanie Campion as La première femme au balcon
Diana Stewart as La deuxième femme au balcon
Ronny Pong as Le Chinois
Jana Bittnerova as La doublure de la jumelle