Repulsion

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, as such being his second film made outside his native Poland. 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 genre. Carol (... more

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, as such being his second film made outside his native Poland. 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 genre. Carol (Catherine Deneuve), is a young Belgian woman who lives in Kensington, London, with her sister Helen (Yvonne Furneaux). She suffers from arrhenphobia (the fear of men), and finds repulsive interaction with, or the mention of, males. Throughout the film, innuendos derived from her neurotic, fragile mien hint that the underlying reason for this asocial behavior lies in childhood trauma, although this is never confirmed, and the photograph merely depicts a solemn, disturbed young girl who is uninterested in the taking of a family photograph. When... less