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In the House

2012 · 105 min

A sly, unsettling puzzle that blurs fiction and reality, keeping you complicit in its voyeuristic game.

Directed by
François Ozon
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas
Tagline
There’s always a way to get in.
Overview
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.

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Directed by
François Ozon
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • deception
  • class
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • suburbs
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour5
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
François Ozon
Written by
François Ozon
Starring
Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Bastien Ughetto, Denis Ménochet, Jean-François Balmer, Fabrice Colson
Cinematography
Jérôme Alméras
Runtime
105 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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