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Hideaway (Le refuge)

2009 · 1h 29m · UNRATED Drama
Directed by François Ozon

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Overview

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis' brother joins her in her refuge.

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86%
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Fresh

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

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

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.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

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.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

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

Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Fresh

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.

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

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