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Safe
Why this pick
Its immaculate suburban surfaces and cool, distanced framing turn domestic order into quiet psychological dread, with a similarly controlled and unsettling pace.
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MOVIE1975 3h 21m BEL
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
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Delphine Seyrig
Jeanne Dielman