Under the Sand Movie Review 2000

Middleaged Marie (Rampling) has been married for many years to Jean (Cremer). They are vacationing at their summer house and Jean goes for a swim while Marie takes a nap. When she awakens, he has disappeared. A search reveals nothing and Marie must eventually return to Paris and try to go on with her life. But Marie is deep in denial--she speaks as if Jean were still alive and, in fact, she continues to see and interact with--well, whatever spirit of Jean that she has conjured up. Bravura performance from Rampling. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Paris, Sanity Check, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins, Death & the Afterlife, Marriage

Screenplay

Francois Ozon, Marina de Van, Emmanuele Bernheim, Marcia Romano

Cast

Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart, Pierre Vernier, Andree Tainsey

Cinematography

Jeanne Lapoirie, Antoine Heberle

Director

Francois Ozon

Music

Philippe Rombi

Other

Jean-Luc Audy, Benoit Hillebrant, Jean-Pierre Laforce, Lawrence Bawedin, Sandrine Canoux, Pascaline Chavanne

Producer

Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missionier, Haut et Court, Arte France Cinema, Euro Space, Winstar Cinema