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Under the Sand is a french film of genre Drama directed by François Ozon released in USA on 4 may 2001 with Charlotte Rampling
Under the Sand (2000)
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Add to a movie listSous le sable ([su lə sɑbl], in English: Under the Sand) is a 2000 French drama film directed and written by François Ozon. The film was nominated for three César Awards and was critically well received. It stars Charlotte Rampling and Bruno Cremer.
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Marie, happily married to Jean for 25 years, is a lecturer in English literature at a Paris university. During their summer vacation in the southwest of France, Jean goes to swim in the sea while his wife is sunbathing and never returns, vanishing without trace. No body is found and several questions arise. Has he left her, committed suicide, drowned? With no body to mourn, she pretends that he is still alive and present in their apartment. Her life becomes characterized by denial, cloaked in enigmatic complexity and emotional disorientation. When the badly decomposed body is found in the sea and identified from dental records, she refuses to admit it is Jean. She imagines she will see him alive as he was on the beach.Actors
Charlotte Rampling
(Marie Drillon)
Bruno Cremer
(Jean Drillon)
Jacques Nolot
(Vincent)
Alexandra Stewart
(Amanda)
Pierre Vernier
(Gérard)
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