In the House

Original title: Dans la maison

2012
M18
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

35K

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Fabrice Luchini and Ernst Umhauer in In the House (2012)

A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy's intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.

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A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.A high school French teacher is drawn into a precocious student's increasingly transgressive story about his relationship with a friend's family.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

35K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 10 wins & 22 nominations

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Trivia
Ernst Umhauer said this about the character he plays in the movie: "He confuses his writing with reality and turns everything in his path upside-down. He has no distance, it takes him a long time to realize his words are stinging and can do damage. He's smart, but not very conscious of his responsibility".

Goofs
(at around 1h 35 mins) While Claude is walking through park, his hair is parted on different sides between shots.

Quotes
Claude Garcia: But I love you.
Esther Artole: No. It's not me you love. It's an image. An image in your head.

Crazy credits
The opening credits are shown as if they were hand-written on graph paper.

Connections
Referenced in La noche de...: La noche de... En la casa (2018)

Soundtracks
Dynasty Tching Memories
Interprete par Wang Shu Imperial Orchestra
Arrangement de Thierry Woelfel
®2002 FGL Productions S.A, © Editions FGL
Avec l'aimable autorisation de FGL Productions S.A

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Featured review

9/10

Best Ozon in years!

Often funny, sometimes disturbing and sensual, the movie can be enjoyed at face value, but the heart of the movie lies underneath that appealing veneer, it's about creation and the required necessity to live your life fully to feed it. The budding writer enters the lives of a family, the same way a writer should embrace life itself, with a healthy dose of curiosity and nerve, precisely what his teacher is lacking. Add to that a fascinating and intricate observation of the blurring of lines separating reality from fiction in the feverish midst of artistic creation. Deep stuff, but all wrapped up in a neat bundle, Ozon making sure to leave almost no one on the side of the road, so to speak. So in conclusion it's smart and yet playful, intellectual but never pretentious. Well, in other words, it's a very good movie about potentially boring subjects. Highly recommended in those times of idiocracy!