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      See the Sea

      Released Dec 3, 1997 52m Mystery & Thriller List
      100% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 72% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Sasha (Sasha Hails) is a young British woman who lives with her infant daughter in a cottage on the beach. Tatiana (Marina de Van), a strange and hostile young woman, knocks on her door. The campsites are full, she says, and she needs to pitch her tent on Sasha's large yard. Sasha resists at first, but, after Tatiana's forceful insistence, she relents and allows the stranger to set up camp in her yard. They soon develop an odd rapport, but a vague sense of menace hangs in the air. Read More Read Less

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      Amy Taubin Village Voice All the more effective for its economy, See the Sea is exactly the length it needs to be. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times There is a simple situation, involving two women and a baby at an isolated beach cottage, and yet the possibilities are many, and we speculate about first one outcome, then another. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: A- Jun 7, 1998 Full Review Brandon Judell Huffington Post You'll never look at a toothbrush with a lack of wariness again. Mar 17, 2017 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Ozon subtly lets on that something is not quite right here, but keeps us utterly in the dark until the final shocking images. May 26, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 17, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      StephenPaul C The greatest 52 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/23 Full Review Audience Member The greatest 52 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Unforgettable and perfect. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review scott f As an Ozon fan, I worked my way back to this. Devastating. The best thing he's done. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member That was a weird experience; Hails's sexiness, beauty, and naive sapphic desire is jarringly offset by de Van's coprophilia and morbidity. Some part of me was hoping the movie was about the former, while another part was just waiting for the latter to pay off. Kinda disappointed in the outcome, but it was an interesting journey nonetheless. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Once again, Ozon explored sexuality and suspension of the humanity. It's an erotic drama that has many depths. It's short but it gives you an uneasy feeling constantly. Nothing was explicitly shown but you could see the symbolism straightaway. The baby was really cute by the way. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Sasha (Sasha Hails) is a young British woman who lives with her infant daughter in a cottage on the beach. Tatiana (Marina de Van), a strange and hostile young woman, knocks on her door. The campsites are full, she says, and she needs to pitch her tent on Sasha's large yard. Sasha resists at first, but, after Tatiana's forceful insistence, she relents and allows the stranger to set up camp in her yard. They soon develop an odd rapport, but a vague sense of menace hangs in the air.
      Director
      François Ozon
      Producer
      Marc Missonnier
      Screenwriter
      Marina de Van, Sasha Hails, François Ozon
      Distributor
      Zeitgeist Films
      Production Co
      Fidélité Films, Local Films
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      French (France)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 3, 1997, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 19, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $10.3K
      Runtime
      52m
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