| | Under The Sand DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Foreign Films Movies, French Videos, France | | Starring | Charlotte Rampling, Alexandra Stewart, Pierre Vernier, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Andree Tainsey | | Director | Francois Ozon | | Composer | Philippe Rombi | | Music | Gustav Mahler, Frederic Chopin | | Screenwriter | Francois Ozon, Emmanuelle Bernheim, Marina De Van, Marcia Romano |
Charlotte Rampling gives one of her most acclaimed performances in thei mesmerizing tale of loss and grief. Francois Ozon's haunting UNDER THE SAND stars the remarkable British actress Charlotte Rampling, who plays Marie Drillon: a strong, attractive, professional, independent middle-aged woman trying to get her life back on track after the sudden disappearance of her husband. Even for a superwoman like Marie, the shock of the tragedy is psychologically traumatizing. Marie isn't sure what happened to her husband (Is he dead? Did he run off with someone else?) and she's in denial about him being gone. At Parisian dinner parties with her supportive, careful friends, Marie still talks about her husband in the present tense. At home, she still imagines that he is with her; she pours two cups of tea in the morning and she reminds him to set the alarm clock before going to sleep at night. At the university where she teaches English, she reads to her students from the melancholy book THE WAVES by Virginia Woolf. Through all of this, Ozon's camera caresses Marie and encourages her, always casting her in cold, confident light. Using film language such as the repeated double reflection of Marie's face in the mirror, audiences come to understand Marie's innermost thoughts and feelings. She is a woman confronting herself (her identity, her age, her body, her sexuality, her emotions, her intellect) with brutal honesty. UNDER THE SAND is beautiful, sad, languorous film that includes some unforgettable images of the rolling ocean waves near Marie's beach house in Landes, France. Theatrical release: May 4, 2001. Under The Sand Reviews: "...[A] fine, provocative film....Ozon reveals fragility and vulnerability underlying seemingly secure and solid bourgeois appearances..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times "...UNDER THE SAND is a movie of introspection and defiance....We are surprised how much we are touched..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Bulletin "...Like the beauty of its star Charlotte Rampling, UNDER THE SAND is stylish and slightly haunted..."
-- Ginette Vincendeau, Sight and Sound "...[Ozon] has an uncanny ability to convey physical sensation on film....[Rampling's] whose performance is like a perfectly executed piano etude..."
-- A. O. Scott, New York Times "...[Rampling] acts with a peppery restraint that suggests female wisdom, her sinewy grace intensified by the comforting solidity of Cremer's easy girth..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "...A beautifully controlled portrait of the pain of bereavement....Rampling herself provides a superbly understated, expressive performance..."
-- Tom Dawson, Total Film "...Ozon's film crackles with sound....Rampling carries UNDER THE SAND with her assured turn..."
-- Jordan Reed, Box Office "...A delicate and devastating film....[It] features one of the best performances of the year....It's a role of fierce demands, and Rampling meets them all..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
This is the only Andree Tainsey video. Under The Sand | List Price | $19.95 (You save $4.96) | | Studio | Wellspring | | Orig Year | 2001 | | DVD Encoding | All Regions | | All Time Sales Rank |  22666  | | CD Universe Part number | 2147196 | | Catalog number | 5306 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 27, 2001 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 95 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Stereo Sound; Digitally Mastered; HiFi Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
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