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The Servant
Why this pick
A sleek, claustrophobic chamber drama where erotic games, status anxiety and shifting control steadily poison an intimate household.
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MOVIE1969 2h 0m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Jean-Paul, a writer and Marianne, his girlfriend of just over two years, are holidaying at a friend's villa. There is a tension in their relationship which excites Marianne: the film begins with a scene in which they are together beside the villa's swimming pool and she urges him to claw her back. He does as she asks, but then throws her into the pool and jumps in after her. In a later scene he takes a branch and uses it to lash her bare buttocks, playfully but with a force that increases as the scene cuts away.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Romy Schneider
Marianne
Thierry Chabert
Un ami
Alain Delon
Paul
Jane Birkin
Penelope
Paul Crauchet
L'inspecteur Lévêque