In London, Carole Ledoux (Catherine Deneuve) is a sexually repressed and schizophrenic young woman, living in a small apartment with her sister Héléne (Yvonne Fourneaux). Héléne has a lover and spends a couple of days travelling with him to Italy. Carole stays alone in the apartment, and becomes insane, having violent hallucinations of rape and murder.
"Repulsion" is a sick movie that has an outstanding performance of Catherine Deneuve, one of the most beautiful women in the world, in the beginning of her career. The direction and black and white cinematography are stunning for a low budget movie. The story is developed in slow pace, disturbing, claustrophobic, and morbid, and recommended for very specific audience. In the end, there is a hint regarding the reasons of the problems of Carole with her sexuality, when the camera comes closer to a picture of her family and she is looking fiercely to her father. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): 'Repulsa ao Sexo' ('Repulse to Sex')
Note: On 13 Oct 2020, I saw this film again.
"Repulsion" is a sick movie that has an outstanding performance of Catherine Deneuve, one of the most beautiful women in the world, in the beginning of her career. The direction and black and white cinematography are stunning for a low budget movie. The story is developed in slow pace, disturbing, claustrophobic, and morbid, and recommended for very specific audience. In the end, there is a hint regarding the reasons of the problems of Carole with her sexuality, when the camera comes closer to a picture of her family and she is looking fiercely to her father. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): 'Repulsa ao Sexo' ('Repulse to Sex')
Note: On 13 Oct 2020, I saw this film again.