Repulsion
original film poster
Directed by	Roman Polanski
Written by	Roman Polanski & Gerard Brach (original screenplay), David Stone (adaptation)
Starring	Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
Music by	Chico Hamilton
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor
Editing by	Alastair McIntyre
Distributed by	Compton Films (U.K.)
Release date(s)	January 1965 (UK)
Running time	104 min
Country	U.K.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Repulsion is a 1965 film directed by Roman Polanski on a scenario by Gerard Brach and Roman Polanski. It was Polanski's first English language film, and was filmed in Britain. The cast includes Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, with a cameo appearance by Roman Polanski himself. It is widely considered a masterpiece of the psychological thriller. Look up repulsion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Repulsion. ... Roman Polanski (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and producer. ... Roman Polanski (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and producer. ... Gérard Brach (b. ... For other uses, see David Stone (disambiguation). ... Catherine Deneuve (French IPA: ), (October 22, 1943, in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress. ... Ian Hendry (January 13, 1931—December 24, 1984) was an English film and television actor best known for his work on several British TV series of the early 1960s. ... John Fraser (born Glasgow 18 March 1931) is a BAFTA-nominated Scottish-born actor of cinema, television and theatre. ... Foreststorn Hamilton, better known as Chico Hamilton (born September 21, 1921 in Los Angeles) is a jazz drummer. ... Gil Taylor (born 12 April 1914) in Bushey Heath, England, is a cinematographer. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the European Union. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1965 in film involved some significant events. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Roman Polanski (born August 18, 1933) is an Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and producer. ... Gérard Brach (b. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Catherine Deneuve (French IPA: ), (October 22, 1943, in Paris, France), is an Academy Award-nominated French actress. ... Ian Hendry (January 13, 1931—December 24, 1984) was an English film and television actor best known for his work on several British TV series of the early 1960s. ... John Fraser may refer to: John Fraser (Canadian politician), former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons John Fraser (Canadian), Auditor General of Canada (1905-1919) John Fraser (UK politician), former Member of Parliament for Norwood John Fraser (scholar), master of Massey College at the University of Toronto John Fraser... Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the wide-ranging thriller genre. ...

Plot summary

Carol (played by a 20-year-old Deneuve) is a young Belgian virgin, who is both repelled and attracted by the idea of sex due to repressed feelings. Timid and fragile, she lives in London with her sister Helen (Furneaux). When Helen leaves on a holiday to Italy with her married boyfriend (Hendry), Carol is left alone. Isolated at work too, she shuts herself up in their apartment, and becomes a slave of her own paranoid fears, unable to tell fantasy from reality, and begins to hallucinate. She violently kills a would-be suitor, Colin (Fraser), using a candlestick, and later the landlord (Patrick Wymark) who attempts to rape her. When her sister returns home, she finds Carol under her bed, catatonic, and only a shell of her former self. In Roman times, Vestal Virgins were strictly celibate or they were punished by death. ... Repressed memory is one of the most controversial subjects in the history of psychology and psychiatry. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other senses of this word, see paranoia (disambiguation). ... See fantasy for an account of the literary genre involving the development of common or popular fantasies. ... A hallucination is a perception in the absence of a stimulus that the person may or may not believe is real. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... This is a page about catatonic state. ...

Imagery

The apartment is presented as nightmarish: it is full of weird shadows and dark corners seen from unusual angles. Hands protrude from walls and everyday objects transform into objects of horror. Horror is the feeling of revulsion that usually occurs after something frightening is seen, heard, or otherwise experienced. ...

One of the best-known images is that of a rabbit, which was being prepared for dinner but never cooked. The rabbit sits in the corner of the room throughout the film with a straight razor also on the plate. As the film progresses, the rabbit begins to rot while first maggots and then flies feed on the carcass. The deteriorating state of the rabbit parallels that of our protagonist. For other uses, see Rabbit (disambiguation). ... A straight razor Straight razor is the name given to a reusable knife blade used for shaving facial hair. ...

Repulsion is the first of Polanski's "apartment trilogy" (the other two being Rosemary's Baby and The Tenant).^{[citation needed]} As in those two films, the horrors are not external threats, but rather the horrors that lie within the minds of the protagonists. Rosemarys Baby is an Academy Award-winning 1968 horror film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow. ... a incredible movie for all real cinema lover ...

Similar films

• Rosemary's Baby (1968), by Roman Polanski.
• π (1998), by Darren Aronofsky, includes spoofs.
• May (2002), by Lucky McKee, was heavily influenced by the film, and has a similar motif of the protagonist's apartment mirroring her mental state.

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Awards

• 1965: Berlin International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize, Silver Berlin Bear.

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External links

• Repulsion at the Internet Movie Database
• BFI gallery
• Images from the movie
• Repulsion at Rotten Tomatoes