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This is Polanski's first English-speaking feature and what an intense feature it is. Carol (played excellently by Catherine Deneuve) is left alone in her apartment while her sister, Helen, goes on a vacation with her guy friend. During this time, Carol begins a slow decent into madness for, perhaps, several reasons. What sticks out to me is that her father abused her in some form and she has grown to hate and fear men and sex. The actions of her sister's boyfriend followed by their intimate vacation together could have triggered Carol's insanity. It also seemed that Carol depended on Helen and that her leaving felt like abandonment. All this led to Carol's loss of time, self, reality, and humanity. Of course, the film is definitely open to other interpretations as well. I would also like to point out that the devices used to show the insanity were very good. The cracks, clock, wall imprints and hands, potato "eyes", the rotting rabbit, and what-have-you were all quite inventive and effective. Anyway, Repulsion was ahead of its time in 1965 and is still an impressive picture today.
score 5/10
Golgo-13 5 January 2006
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