Sous le sable

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Charlotte Rampling in Sous le sable (2000)

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.

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7.0/10

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Awards
- 1 win & 11 nominations total

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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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Featured review

8/10

An honest but uneasy depiction of a woman's yearning for her dead husband.

Many film fans run screaming for the door when confronted with French film drama. It is true: a lot of them tend to be over-talkative and self indulgent. François Ozon's Sous le sable is a worthy exception. Carried almost entirely by Charlotte Rampling, this story of a woman unable to face the loss of her husband marks the return to form of a great actress. Through her sensitive handling of her character one tends to forget the effort that must have gone into depicting an intelligent woman slowly going to pieces. Ozon managed to capture the special sensuality of an older woman especially well in the erotic scenes; imagined or otherwise. It is not an easy film to watch, the subject matter too painful, but its unflinching honesty coupled with Ramplings moving performance make it more than worth-while.