The nightmare world of a virgin's dreams becomes the screen's shocking reality!
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
Director
Roman Polanski
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Screenplay
Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski
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Top billed cast
Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
Production companies
Compton Films, Tekli British Productions
Keywords
criterion collection, london, england, schizophrenia, post traumatic stress disorder, hallucination, rent, loneliness, black and white, psychosis
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