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Hideaway (Le Refuge) (2009)

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Mousse (Isabelle Carre) and Louis (Melvil Poupaud) are young, beautiful, rich and in love, but drugs have invaded their lives. After Louis fatal overdose, Mousse soon learns she is pregnant (actress Isabelle Carr was pregnant while shooting.) Feeling lost, Mousse escapes to a beautiful beach house far from Paris and is soon joined in her refuge by Louis gay brother, Paul (French singer Louis-Ronan Choisy in his first screen appearance). The two strangers gradually develop an unusual and deeply

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Fran�ois Ozon

In Theaters: Sep 10, 2010 Limited

On DVD: Nov 8, 2010

Box Office:$34.4k

Strand Releasing

For a time in her life, a woman's pregnancy is the most important thing about her. That is the subject of Hideaway.

October 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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Gradually, Ozon and the actors convince us of the reality of this world and persuade us to watch the film on its own, unforced terms. Nothing much is happening, except life.

October 7, 2010 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

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Hideaway" is a spellbinding film, and Ozon, who is perhaps best known for the much darker Under the Sand and Swimming Pool ... continues to be an inspiring director of actors.

September 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

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One of the pleasures of Hideaway (Le Refuge), from Fran�ois Ozon, an erratic talent of satisfying films like Under the Sand and misfires like 8 Women, is its insistence on ambiguity.

September 10, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

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Sometimes a movie makes a point that's been made before, but makes it so beautifully and so quietly that it feels like you're discovering it for the first time.

September 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

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Surely, Ozon had Rohmer in mind when he co-wrote and directed this lovely film.

September 10, 2010 Full Review Source: New York Post

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

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Ozon masks his lack of sensitivity to the material with his characteristic cerebral detachment and pretense to subtlety.

January 30, 2012 Full Review Source: Cinema Writer

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Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

Films like Hideaway reaffirm how much most movies withhold from us-namely, the riches inherent in even the most casual experiences that testify to the mysterious privilege of being alive.

February 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

The films of Fran�ois Ozon constantly offer alternative family units and this elusive French drama (originally titled "Le Refuge") offers yet another.

February 13, 2011 Full Review Source: MSN.com

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Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

It is undeniable that Ozon has an eye for emotion. His low-fi camerawork and pared-down cinematography keep a beautiful realism surrounding his characters.

February 1, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture

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Mike Edwards

What Culture Source: What Culture

So few films are made about pregnancy and childbirth; few discussions are held about it without the phrases 'pro-choice' or 'pro-life' being shouted over the top. The time we spend with the complex Mousse ... allows us to ponder these miracles in full.

January 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Quickflix

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Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

An unconvincing ending doesn't derail the otherwise nuanced complexity of Fran�ois Ozon's latest investigation of female alienation, sexuality and maternity.

December 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

An elliptical relationship drama that works largely due to the nuanced acting; the nuanced, sumptuous camera work; and the nuanced, gorgeous people on screen.

November 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Knight at the Movies

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Richard Knight

Knight at the Movies

See it for the pleasures of watching Carre play a character with no interest in acceptance by anyone - or stay far away.

September 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Hollywood & Fine

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Marshall Fine

Hollywood & Fine

Yet for all of the nagging gaps (or narrative short cuts), there's a lot to be said for the camera simply lingering on Carr� alone, leaving her to carry the film.

September 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com

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Kent Turner

Film-Forward.com

shows a bewitching sense of style, denoting an artist transfixed by the darker and more mysterious chambers of the heart

September 9, 2010 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Chris Cabin

Filmcritic.com

Hideaway bottles up stormy feelings of grief, guilt, and desire so tightly that register only in a few sharp, impetuous bursts. The rest of the time, it's dull and inscrutable -- a film of almost vaporous subtlety.

September 9, 2010 Full Review Source: AV Club

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

Pretentious two-hander which aims for behavioral poetry over coherence or true viewer involvement.

September 8, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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David Noh

Film Journal International

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Death, relationships, life, homosexualism, family, being a mother, a country house near the beach. All the recurring themes in François Ozon's films are seen in Le Refuge, where he works again with Melvil Poupad and Mari Rivière in small roles. Rivière's character and scene made me believe for

January 14, 2011

Rubia Carolina .

Super Reviewer

Sensitive, beguiling tale of a women's struggle with a solitary pregnancy and drug rehab which perhaps underplays the horrors of withdrawal but scores for tackling the female experience of pregnancy. This works thanks to a multilayered performance from Carre and hauntingly fragile silent stares which speak volumes.

November 10, 2010

Gordon A

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