Sous le sable
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Sous le sable is a 2000
French
drama film
directed and written by François Ozon
. The film was nominated for 8 awards and was critically well received. It stars Charlotte Rampling
and Bruno Cremer
.
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.
and in the Landes department including Lit-et-Mixe
, Mimizan-Plage
beach and at Saint-Julien-en-Born
.
at the César Awards 2002
.
, although whether this is deliberate is doubtful; the latter is a romantic comedy, whereas Sous le Sable is a melancholy drama.
admired Sous le sable deeply, claiming to have watched the film several times.
French films of 2000
A list of films produced in France in 2000.-2000:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database**...
French
France
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drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed and written by François Ozon
François Ozon
François Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality....
. The film was nominated for 8 awards and was critically well received. It stars Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling
Charlotte Rampling, OBE is an English actress. Her career spans four decades in English-language as well as French and Italian cinema.- Early life :...
and Bruno Cremer
Bruno Cremer
Bruno Jean Marie Crémer was a French actor born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, who spent a part of his career on stage, but who also found success in the cinema and on television.- Biography :...
.
Plot
Marie, happily married to Jean for 25 years, is a lecturer in English literatureEnglish literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
at a Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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
Denial
Denial is a defense mechanism postulated by Sigmund Freud, in which a person is faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept and rejects it instead, insisting that it is not true despite what may be overwhelming evidence.The subject may use:* simple denial: deny the reality of the...
, cloaked in enigmatic complexity and emotional disorientation.
Cast
- Charlotte RamplingCharlotte RamplingCharlotte Rampling, OBE is an English actress. Her career spans four decades in English-language as well as French and Italian cinema.- Early life :...
as Marie Drillon - Bruno CremerBruno CremerBruno Jean Marie Crémer was a French actor born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, who spent a part of his career on stage, but who also found success in the cinema and on television.- Biography :...
as Jean Drillon - Jacques NolotJacques NolotJacques Nolot , is a French actor, screenwriter and film director.- Life :Jacques Nolot was born on 31 August 1943, Marciac, Gers, a small village in Southwest France. A fragile child, Nolot was doted upon by his mother, a woman who had three children with three different fathers...
as Vincent - Alexandra StewartAlexandra StewartAlexandra Stewart is a Canadian actress.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Alexandra Stewart left for Paris, France, in 1958, to study art...
as Amanda - Pierre Vernier as Gérard
- Andrée TainsyAndrée TainsyAndrée Micheline Ghislaine Tainsy was a Belgian actress. She worked with several notable actors like Philippe Noiret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charlotte Rampling and famous directors like Claude Chabrol, Costas Gavras and François Ozon...
as Suzanne - Maya Gaugler as German woman
- Damien Abbou as Chief lifeguard
- David Portugais as Young lifeguard
- Pierre Soubestre as Policeman
- Agathe Teyssier as Manager of luxury store
- Laurence Martin as Apartment seller
- Jean-François Lapalus as Paris doctor
- Laurence Mercier as Paris doctor's secretary
- Fabienne Luchetti as Pharmacist
Production
Filming
The film was shot in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and in the Landes department including Lit-et-Mixe
Lit-et-Mixe
Lit-et-Mixe is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.The Charlotte Rampling film Sous le sable was set in Lit-et-Mixte....
, Mimizan-Plage
Mimizan
Mimizan is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France. There are two separate districts of the town: Mimizan-Bourg and Mimizan-Plage .-History:...
beach and at Saint-Julien-en-Born
Saint-Julien-en-Born
Saint-Julien-en-Born is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-References:*...
.
Awards
Sous le sable was nominated for Best FilmCésar Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
at the César Awards 2002
César Awards 2002
The 2002 César Awards were hosted by Nathalie Baye and Edouard Baer. The winners and nominees were:-Best Actor – Leading Role:* Michel Bouquet – How I Killed My Father...
.
Comparison with Truly, Madly, Deeply
The plot of Sous le Sable bears some resemblance to that of the 1990 British romantic comedy Truly, Madly, DeeplyTruly, Madly, Deeply
Truly, Madly, Deeply is a 1990 film made for the BBC's Screen Two series.-Overview:The film was written and directed by Anthony Minghella and stars Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman. Minghella said he wrote the script specifically as “a vehicle for [Stevenson] to express all her talents...
, although whether this is deliberate is doubtful; the latter is a romantic comedy, whereas Sous le Sable is a melancholy drama.
Reception
The Swedish filmmaker Ingmar BergmanIngmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
admired Sous le sable deeply, claiming to have watched the film several times.