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From left: Ernst Umhauer, Denis Ménochet, Emmanuelle Seigner, Bastien Ughetto in François Ozon’s “In the House.”
Movie Review
Teaching, writing, and voyeurism ‘In the House’
By Tom Russo
/ Globe Correspondent /
May 2, 2013
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Voyeurism class is in session throughout “In the House,” the latest from French provocateur François Ozon (“Swimming Pool”). Not that it’s necessarily clear who’s doing the schooling and who’s being schooled in this slyly warped student-and-teacher yarn.
In the House
- MPAA Rating:
- R
- MPAA rating reasons:
- sexual content and language
- Language:
- In French, with subtitles
- Running Time:
- 105 minutes
- Cast:
- Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Bastien Ughetto, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Ménochet
- Writers:
- François Ozon, Based on a play by Juan Mayorga
- Playing at:
- Kendall Square, West Newton
Fabrice Luchini (Ozon’s “Potiche”) plays Germain, a persnickety high school writing instructor whose burnout might escape his principal’s notice but not ours. “Reactionary philosophers predict a barbarian invasion,” he harrumphs to his wife (Kristin Scott Thomas, showing off her French again). “They’re already among us, in our classrooms!” His tedium is broken only by essays from a new student, Claude (Ernst Umhauer), a smirkingly enigmatic kid fixated on an unremarkable classmate, Rapha (Bastien Ughetto), and the boy’s parents (Emmanuelle Seigner and Denis Ménochet). Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.
Tom Russo can be reached at trusso2222@gmail.com.
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