François Ozon's 'Under the Sand' (2000)
Her Head in FilmsMay 21, 202401:48:22

François Ozon's 'Under the Sand' (2000)

In this episode, I explore François Ozon's mysterious and emotionally devastating 2000 film "Under the Sand," starring Charlotte Rampling as Marie Drillon, a woman whose husband, Jean, unexpectedly disappears during a vacation on the beach. The film is about Marie's struggle to come to terms with the loss of Jean. I talk about the complex career of Rampling, why her performance is so powerful, and why I personally connect to this film because of its look at loss and death.



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Full Show Notes:




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• My episode on Radu Jude's SCARRED HEARTS (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/44ae7121)


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• Nazis on retreat: the SS holiday camp near Auschwitz – in pictures (https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2016/nov/22/nazis-retreat-ss-holiday-hut-auschwitz-pictures-mengele-photographs)


• A segregation that was never black and white: Gordon Parks’s photographs of 50s Alabama (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/12/-sp-segregation-american-south-gordon-parks)


• Peter Jackson's THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7905466/?ref_=nv_sr_1)


• My episode on Jonathan Glazer's BIRTH (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/98c8afe7)


• My episode on L'AVVENTURA (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/80035330)


• My episode on THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/d92b5296)


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and AUTUMN SONATA (https://herheadinfilms.simplecast.fm/2862c44b)


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• Charlotte Rampling: The Look (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922751/?ref_=nv_sr_1)


• Discovering Charlotte Rampling (https://nypl.kanopy.com/video/discovering-charlotte-rampling)


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• The Waves by Virginia Woolf (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waves)


• 45 Years (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544082/?ref_=nv_sr_1)


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