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La chambre interdite (2015)

The Forbidden Room (original title)
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A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that's been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo. As the terrified crew make their way through the... See full summary »

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Clara Furey ...
Margot
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Marv / Smithy / Mars / Organizer / Mr. Lanyon
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Count Yugh / The Butler / The Dead Father / Guard / Pharmacist
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Jarvis / Dr. Deane / A Husband
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Thadeusz M___ / Ostler
Noel Burton ...
Wolf / Pilot / The Captain
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The Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
Paul Ahmarani ...
Dr. Deng / Speedy
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Gong
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Bent / Minister of the Interior
Slimane Dazi ...
Baron Pappenheim
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The Blind Mother / Clotilde
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The Ostler's Mother
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Saplingjack 1 / Listening Man / Pancho (as Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon)
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A never-before-seen woodsman mysteriously appears aboard a submarine that's been trapped deep under water for months with an unstable cargo. As the terrified crew make their way through the corridors of the doomed vessel, they find themselves on a voyage into the origins of their darkest fears.

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Comedy | Mystery

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16 December 2015 (France)  »

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$696 (USA) (19 February 2016)

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$34,043 (USA) (4 March 2016)
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This project was originally concieved to be a series of stand-alone short films. The only way Guy Maddin was able to recieve enough funding was to string some of them together into a feature. See more »

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[first lines]
Marv: Hello. I'm Marv. Today, we're gonna discuss baths - more specifically, how to take one. Baths have been around for a long time. The ancient Romans built fancy ones, like Caracalla. In the Middle Ages, the were called "stews"... 'cause you had to be stewed in order to take one. They were open to both sexes. Today, the Japanese have bisexual bathing
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Marv: . Here in America, we didn't bathe so much until recently. The Saturday-night bath used to be a ritual. Today, it's more like ...
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Non-Linear Masterpiece
28 September 2015 | by (Canada) – See all my reviews

OK, if you hate the way Yorgos Lanthimos just terminates movies right before the dénouement, or if you kinda hated how nonsensical Mullholland Drive was (please, just watch it again, really), The Forbidden Room is not recommended viewing. This is a movie for people who are in love with the visual art-form of cinema, the technical history of it (especially full-colour processing), and who have an absolute love of classic pre-code movies. And those who may have accidentally tried a cup of mushroom tea. There is no linear story arc, but there are many snippets of a beautifully reimagined bygone age. Don't be afraid. It's super-watchable and actually has some high-brow humour in it, It has Charlotte Rampling and the utterly fantastic Louis Negin, and the visual film treatments are just unbelievable. This is a movie for all levels of consciousness simultaneously. I have to give this movie a 10 because for me, it's so spectacular it couldn't be any less. Forget Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, this is the real thing. (Sorry Terry, I'm sure you'll understand.)


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