Under the Sand (2000)

Highly Recommended

France/Japan

Feature Film

Original Title: Sous le sable

Director: François Ozon

Writers: Emmanuèle Bernheim, Marina de Van, François Ozon, Marcia Romano

Cinematographers: Antoine Héberlé, Jeanne Lapoirie

Composer: Philippe Rombi

Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot, Alexandra Stewart, Pierre Vernier, Andrée Tainsy

When her husband disappears (presumably drowned) whilst on a seaside holiday, a middle-aged English lady struggles to come to terms with the reality of her situation, refusing to believe that her French husband of more than 25 years is really dead, in Ozon’s brilliant and affecting psychological portrait of a woman suffering from severe emotional turmoil, featuring an outstanding central performance from the ever excellent Rampling. Iain.Stott