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Housewife

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
1.8K
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Clémentine Poidatz and David Sakurai in Housewife (2017)
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On a snowy eve, Little Holly's sister and father are killed by her frantic mother. Years later, Holly is married, lonely, and her life is soon about take a turn for the ultra weird, when she... Read allOn a snowy eve, Little Holly's sister and father are killed by her frantic mother. Years later, Holly is married, lonely, and her life is soon about take a turn for the ultra weird, when she visits "Umbrella of Love and Mind".On a snowy eve, Little Holly's sister and father are killed by her frantic mother. Years later, Holly is married, lonely, and her life is soon about take a turn for the ultra weird, when she visits "Umbrella of Love and Mind".

  • Director
    • Can Evrenol
  • Writers
    • Can Evrenol
    • Cem Özüduru
  • Stars
    • Clémentine Poidatz
    • Ali Aksöz
    • David Sakurai
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Can Evrenol
    • Writers
      • Can Evrenol
      • Cem Özüduru
    • Stars
      • Clémentine Poidatz
      • Ali Aksöz
      • David Sakurai
    • 39User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Clémentine Poidatz
    Clémentine Poidatz
    • Holly…
    Ali Aksöz
    • Timucin…
    David Sakurai
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    • Bruce…
    Alicia Kapudag
    • Valery…
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    • Holly's Mother
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    • Holly's father
    Elif Gülalp
    • Hazel…
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    Brandon Patton
    • Rich…
    Hamit Annak
    • Bartender
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    • Moroccon ULM fan
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    Resit Berker Enhos
    • Alex…
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    • Waiter
    Ayda Varon
    • Woman with stroller
    • Director
      • Can Evrenol
    • Writers
      • Can Evrenol
      • Cem Özüduru
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    User reviews39

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    5mjsreg

    Starts well but goes off the boil quickly

    The movie starts well with what looks like an engaging and strong story, then gradually fades to the point of just wanting it to end as soon as possible.

    Technically the film was fine, as was the acting as far as I am concerned - the story and the way it was told are the problem. All of a sudden it goes from being a logical progression into some kind of disjointed mess of editing that throws the viewer out of it, then desperately tries to win them back.

    One to miss and/or forget.
    3claraclara-73802

    Very forgettable.

    Really disappointed after enjoying the previous film from the director. I really tried to enjoy it, but the acting was so bad I couldn't get into the film. Also the severe lack of any story ark made it a really tiring watch. I repeatably checked my watch so see how long I had left. Hopefully his next film actually has a story. If you want to see it, I recommend saving it until your next hangover so you can watch it in bed without using your brain.
    namstonk

    Turgid toilet water

    Just awful in so many ways, acting, script, but the directing is just beyond bad. Quit now and never darken the film world again, ALL OF YOU.
    3zeitgeistcultures

    TERRIBLE acting.

    Where to start? Well the acting is a good start - the acing in this film is SO bad its almost unwatchable. It actually became laughable at a point which was the only way I made it to the end. I ended up pretending it was a comedy I was laughing so much. The story is also completely forgettable and the direction portentous. The film has the same problems as the directors previous film, all style and no substance. I wouldn't be surprised if the film didn't have a screenplay its so awful in the the story telling department. The problem for me is the films the director is trying to mimic had style yes, but they also had a heart which is utterly missing from this film. I didn't care about any of the characters, what characters were there to care about? He is obviously a Fulci wannabe but he ends up more like Eli Roth - who no one wants to be. If it was made as a comedy, i would give it 4/5, but in reality its not so it's 1/5. His previous film did show promise but this is a real stinker. Someone get the air freshener.
    7lost-in-limbo

    "There's only you and your dreams".

    A month or two back during a film festival, this was the film I was most looking forward to seeing. From the director of the Turkish horror "Baskin", a film I liked well enough, inspite of a few weak spots and stretched out storytelling. Anyway it was Can Evrenol's audaciously hypnotic vision, and explosively violent and nerve wracking horror set-pieces from his debut feature that had me curious to what he would do next. Housewife follows his previous film's story structure very much to a tee... in rocking your senses. A gothic, slow-grinding fable of mind-bending subconscious dreams fusing together with stark, cold reality. This gradual build-up of cultish zealotry, underlining sexual yearning and haunting dreamlike visions implodes into a sinuously conniving final third of occult debauchery, doomsday preaching and cosmic horror of Lovecraftian proportions.

    However, while the backend imagery are creative and striking - the jubilee of violence are not as gory, nor even as rampant. There's still a frenzied craziness in what is happening in its climax. Steering closer to something startlingly bizarre, yet stylishly disciplined in its fiendish acts. Still, in saying that, their are few disturbing illustrations and the odd graphic jolt, but here, Evrenol used the surreal story to build towards and complement the delirious horror scenes than the other way around.

    In some ways I might actually prefer "Housewife". In how it went about setting up and delivering on it's one, two punch. It flows better, and the shocks don't have a tacked on impression. Think of the suspicious, and paranoid build-up of a Polanski film, where instead it's very dark, and surreal in its laborious reality morphing into a disorientating dreamscape. Is it all in her head, as nightmares never felt so real? We watch the female lead stumble through a daze of confusion and fear, thinking her troubles, and past demons are cured when she seeks guidance from a necromantic showbiz psychic (perfectly done by David Sakurai) who believes he is destined to help her, but it's just the beginning of things to come as he starts getting into her head. The path that's chosen for her, from possible pacts made by her own family, or tainted blood, shows these deities never forget. The fervid opening of the film, which grabs you by the throat squeezing real tight, sets up the inherited guilt and fear stemming from her childhood that haunts her throughout adult life. The crafty camerawork, moody lighting and wailing synths/ambient pianos play a big part in shaping the swirling discomfit. Or I can see it being labeled as glossed up trash.

    Where I think the film is let down, similar to Baskin, is the depth of its story and emotional engagement of its characters. This is mainly pointed at Clementine Poidatz and Ali Aksoz's characters, as Sakurai's presence needed to be mystifying. Possibly even having the Turkish actors speaking English rather than their native tongue can come across looking uneven, or stiff in their emoting delivery. While it does have a streamlined narrative with what seems like a lot going on, everything does comes across distant and less than skin deep. At times it did some things differently with its fascinating mythos, but the typical genre staples found in these cult stories can make its way into the story, for better or worse.

    "Housewife" again shows the director's ambitious visionary prowess, and an ability to formulate reactions from his spectacular bookended set-pieces, whereas the spotty material might have its issues, it still showed glimpses that this latest effort is a step in the right direction. I'll probably end up liking this more than most would.

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    • Release date
      • August 10, 2018 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • Turkey
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ev Kadını
    • Filming locations
      • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production companies
      • Anka Film
      • Chantier Films
      • Mo Film
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      • $8,408
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 22m(82 min)
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.20:1

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