SummaryMousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love, but drugs have invaded their lives. After Louis fatal overdose, Mousse soon learns she is pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse escapes to a beautiful beach house far from Paris and is soon joined in her refuge by Louis gay brother, Paul. The two strangers gradually develop an unusual and deeply m... Read More
Directed By:François Ozon
Written By:Mathieu Hippeau, François Ozon
Hideaway (Le refuge)
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Oct 27, 2010
75
For a time in her life, a woman's pregnancy is the most important thing about her. That is the subject of Hideaway.
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Just as my mind was floating back to the summery movies directed by Eric Rohmer, Marie Riviére -- a Rohmer favorite -- shows up as a mysterious woman on the beach. Surely, Ozon had Rohmer in mind when he co-wrote and directed this lovely film.
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But while the Pietà imagery startles, it makes increasing sense as the story builds around it. Because as Hideaway deepens and evolves, you understand that the image of Mousse cradling Louis is a manifestation of her love: this was how she held him, with a tender love that in its depth was itself holy.
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This being a François Ozon film, there's beaucoup simmering sexual tension, as well as the prolific French director's usual thematic preoccupations: death and grief, familial animosity and female awakening.
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Hideaway bottles up stormy feelings of grief, guilt, and desire so tightly that register only in a few sharp, impetuous bursts. The rest of the time, it's dull and inscrutable-a film of almost vaporous subtlety.
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The script is sketchy and somewhat puzzling (after a blissful night with Mousse, Paul leaves in the morning without explanation), but we're carried along by the potently ambiguous moods, the slow shifts from distant friendship to intimacy.
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Lyrical in style and presentation, this drama alludes to serious issues but does not address them. Enjoyable stylistically, but not substantiated beyond glossy advertisement.
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Apr 20, 2014
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This is a French movie with English subtitles that is likely to offend North American sensibilities. A drug addict is impregnated up by her wealthy boyfriend, who dies of an overdose, and her mother-in-law asks for an abortion at the funeral. She decides to keep the baby, her gay brother-in-law moves in with her, and she gets her groove back by having a fling with a random stranger with a pregnancy fetish. The ending twist was very European.
Production Company:
- Eurowide Film Production
- FOZ
- France 2 Cinéma
- Teodora Film
- Coficup
- Backup Media
- Canal+
- CinéCinéma
- France 2 (FR2)
- Le Pacte
Release Date:Sep 10, 2010
Duration:1 h 28 m
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
CPH PIX
• 1 Nomination
