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See the Sea is less than an hour long, but offers a full study in quiet menace. A mother and her infant daughter are vacationing at a lonely seaside resort. As they doze on the beach, backpacker Tatiana silently watches them from a cliff top and soon the trouble begins. See the Sea is all the creepier because it never leaves the realm of reality. Director François Ozon is beautifully restrained--he keeps the tension rising without ever going overboard or driving his characters into caricature. It's the tiny things that Tatiana does that give you the shivers. This edition of See the Sea, which is in French with Englis
See the Sea is less than an hour long, but offers a full study in quiet menace. A mother and her infant daughter are vacationing at a lonely seaside resort. As they doze on the beach, backpacker Tatiana silently watches them from a cliff top and soon the trouble begins. See the Sea is all the creepier because it never leaves the realm of reality. Director François Ozon is beautifully restrained--he keeps the tension rising without ever going overboard or driving his characters into caricature. It's the tiny things that Tatiana does that give you the shivers. This edition of See the Sea, which is in French with English subtitles, also includes "A Summer Dress," a short film by Ozon. It also has a seaside theme, but is much lighter fare. --Ali Davis
Sasha is a young mother staying in the idyllic resort island of Yeu with her baby, awaiting her husband’s return from Paris. Her solitude is broken by the appearance of Tatiana, a brooding backpacker who asks to camp outside her cottage. Sasha grows increasingly fascinated with her mysterious visitor even as her demeanor grows more sinister and she insinuates herself into Sasha’s home. With its stunning cinematography and ominous pacing, François Ozon’s (SWIMMING POOL, 5X2) SEE THE SEE provocatively uncovers the dark undercurrents swirling beneath curiosity and attraction, ultimately challenging our assumptions about desire, identity and motherhood. This Edition also features Ozon's sparkling seaside companion short A SUMMER DRESS.
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Manufacturer: Zeitgeist Video
Release date: 21 January 2003
Number of discs: 1
UPC: 795975103336
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