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Sous le sable

  • 2000
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  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Charlotte Rampling in Sous le sable (2000)
DramaMystery

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional.

  • Director
    • François Ozon
  • Writers
    • François Ozon
    • Emmanuèle Bernheim
    • Marina de Van
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Rampling
    • Bruno Cremer
    • Jacques Nolot
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    12K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • François Ozon
    • Writers
      • François Ozon
      • Emmanuèle Bernheim
      • Marina de Van
    • Stars
      • Charlotte Rampling
      • Bruno Cremer
      • Jacques Nolot
    • 82User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 11 nominations total

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    Charlotte Rampling
    Charlotte Rampling
    • Marie Drillon
    Bruno Cremer
    Bruno Cremer
    • Jean Drillon
    Jacques Nolot
    Jacques Nolot
    • Vincent
    Alexandra Stewart
    Alexandra Stewart
    • Amanda
    Pierre Vernier
    Pierre Vernier
    • Gérard
    Andrée Tainsy
    Andrée Tainsy
    • Suzanne
    Maya Gaugler
    • German woman
    Damien Abbou
    • Chief lifeguard
    David Portugais
    • Young lifeguard
    Pierre Soubestre
    • Policeman
    Agathe Teyssier
    • In charge of luxury store
    Laurence Martin
    Laurence Martin
    • Apartment seller
    Jean-François Lapalus
    • Paris doctor
    Laurence Mercier
    Laurence Mercier
    • Paris doctor's secretary
    Fabienne Luchetti
    • Pharmacist
    Jo Doumerg
    • Taxi driver
    Michel Cordes
    • Superintendent
    Maurice Antoni
    • Landes doctor
    • Director
      • François Ozon
    • Writers
      • François Ozon
      • Emmanuèle Bernheim
      • Marina de Van
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    8secondtake

    Requires settling in and brooding, and watching Rampling slowly adjust and consider love and death

    Under the Sand (2000)

    The plot is simple, almost too simple, and because very little happens, it depends on mood and deeply serious thinking about death to survive. And on Charlotte Rampling to have the nuance and range to pull it off.

    And it works, overall, because of just those two things: heavy subject and Rampling. There are issues (and tricks, cinematically) with ghosts and memories, but these play small against the bigger strain of the lead woman dealing with this sudden trauma in her life. Even though the main event in the movie happens at the start, I don't dare mention it because its surprise is important (I didn't know it was coming, and liked the way it was handled very much).

    Director Francois Ozon never seems to quite nail down the pace and editing of his films, at least for American sensibilities. Even the sensationally complex Swimming Pool doesn't quite use its material to propel us in every scene. But let's turn that on its head and say that Ozon uses emptiness and gaps in the action to give his movies breathing room, or maybe, in some old fashioned sense, the make them serious. When nothing is "happening" you can only start to think and dwell on the events, along with the characters. In Under the Sand there is nothing else to do and yet it's exactly what Rampling in her role has to do: think and dwell. It's slow at times, yes, but only if you don't let yourself relax and get absorbed.

    And, like the character, confuse what is real from what is chimera, and what she needs with what she once had, and even one man from another. Even her fluid bi-lingual abilities add to the duality. By the time you get to the final scene you are left wondering what true love really is, and whether it's worth it. Because maybe it is. She has something most people do not, and it seems like a sickness and a gift at once.
    7JuguAbraham

    The best work of Ms Rampling

    As a film script writer and director, Ozon has evolved and matured in "The Swimming Pool" and "In the house," developing his pet themes involving sex lives and mental infirmities. But the the real value of this film will remain Ms Rampling's performance which is comparable to her turns in "The Night Porter, " "The Damned," and "Hannah." She is evidently magical whenever she works with Ozon.
    7Red-125

    OK--Charlotte Rampling is beautiful

    The French movie Under the Sand (2000) was written and directed by François Ozon.

    It stars Charlotte Rampling as Marie Drillon, a loving wife whose husband disappears from the beach, and her life, suddenly and with no explanation. The remainder of the movie shows us how Marie deals with this bizarre, horrible situation. (Not well, by any definition.)

    Charlotte Rampling was very beautiful, and it's obvious that director Ozon is absolutely entranced by her beauty. (At one point--in case we missed it--a saleswoman says to Marie that "the dress shows off your figure.")

    For the entire movie, the camera is directed at Rampling, often with long closeups of her face. (Rampling was 54 at the time, but looked 45.) This is a film about Charlotte Rampling's beauty. Without Rampling there wouldn't be a movie.

    I had mixed feelings about this film. The basic concept of a a woman forced to deal with the disappearance of the husband she loves is interesting. The way Marie copes--or doesn't cope--with the situation is also interesting.

    However, I prefer a movie with more actors than just one. The film as Ozon gives it to us depends on us wanting to see Rampling--and essentially only Rampling--in every scene. If she weren't beautiful, would the movie work at all?

    We saw this film on DVD, which was fine. After the opening at the beach, most of the action takes place indoors. Under the Sand has an IMDb rating of 7.1. I agree with this, and rated it 7.
    ThreeSadTigers

    Three Colours Beige

    François Ozon's Under the Sand is a great departure from his previous films, trading the bold and over the top farce of Sitcom and the brash melodrama of Criminal Lovers for something much more restrained. As a result, this is a mature film about mature characters, shot in a low-key style that is beautiful, though unobtrusive; with Ozon's camera finding a sense of poetry and evocation in even the most mundane of objects to help further express the sense of grief and remembrance so central to the spirit of our main protagonist. To help convey this, the filmmaker instills his work with a lethargic mood, drawing on the silences of scenes and the physical and emotional distances between his characters to create something that is much more internal and subjective than the ensemble films that he is best known for (Sitcom, Water Drops On Burning Rocks, 8 Women, etc).

    It's almost a cliché to reference Bergman when talking of films that focus almost solely on the existential matters at the heart of their characters, but I suppose it could be relevant here; the film also reminded me, in tone, of Woody Allen's Bergman-esquire drama Interiors, or perhaps even Another Woman, with the film often confining itself to cramped and quiet locations in which characters meet for sex and lengthy semi-philosophical discussion. It's certainly not a film for the Friday night matinée crowd, but I'd imagine that goes without saying; with the story focusing on middle-aged characters and themes like grief, regret, loss and mental illness. However, the film manages to transcend the chamber-piece trappings of the Bergman style of drama by also giving us an element of mystery. It would be wrong to reveal too much about this central concept in something as ultimately superficial as a product review, although it's safe to say that the film hinges around a question of bereavement and the way in which this bereavement, or loss, is viewed by our central character in relation to those around her.

    In this respect the film is similar to George Sluizer's original version of The Vanishing, in the respect that both of these films pivot around a mysterious disappearance, which leaves the absentee's lover desperately searching for some kind of closure. Unlike The Vanishing however, Under the Sand relegates the more obvious thriller elements to the background in order to more closely analyse the effect of the disappearance and possible death on his lover and her different methods of coming to terms with it. Ozon, as evident from films like Water Drops On Burning Rocks and Swimming Pool, has a strong grasp on his actors, and here draws some beautifully rendered performances from his highly esteemed cast. As some of the other comments have already noted, the central performance from Charlotte Rampling is an absolute revelation, as she creates a character that remains elusive throughout, but at the same time, is completely sympathetic. A much understated drama.
    hesketh27

    Classy, understated drama

    Charlotte Rampling's marvellously judged performance as an Englishwoman whose French husband disappears whilst swimming is quite simply excellent. This is a perfect vehicle for Rampling as she is now, a beautiful mature woman who just oozes class. Without histrionics, she conveys the total sense of desperation at the loss of her husband, something which she will obviously never come to terms with. In terms of plot, this film is quite thin, but it is well worth watching for the central performance, which is thoroughly moving. Could be very bleak and depressing as a subject, but actually isn't at all. The time passed very quickly - my ultimate test of a good film!

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    • Trivia
      For financial reasons, the movie was shut down for 6 months, which worked for the best for François Ozon because then he actually shot on the summer and the winter, like the movie differentiates.
    • Quotes

      Marie Drillon: I am his wife, and I'm telling you, this is *not* him!

    • Connections
      Featured in The Look (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Septembre (Quel Joli Temps)
      Music by Barbara

      Lyrics by Sophie Makhno

      Performed by Barbara

      © Les Editions Métropolitaines

      Avec l'aimable autorisation des Editions Métropolitaines

      (p) 1965 Mercury France

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    • Release date
      • February 7, 2001 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bajo La Arena
    • Filming locations
      • Lit-et-Mixe, Landes, France(lifeguard rescue station at Cap de l'Homy)
    • Production companies
      • Fidélité Productions
      • Euro Space
      • Haut et Court
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,452,698
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $32,657
      • May 6, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,531,687
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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