Sous le sable (2000)

	Also Known As: Under the sand
	Year of first release: 2000
	Director: François Ozon
	Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Nolot
	Country: F
	Genre: Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 29.11.2014, DVD, OV French version
Synopsis: Marie (Rampling) is a professor of English literature in a Paris university. She has been happily married to Jean (Cremer) for 25 years, although they have no children. During their summer vacations in the southwest of France, Jean leaves Marie sunbathing on the beach and goes to swim in the sea. When Marie turns back, she cannot find Jean. Has he left her? commited suicide? drowned? With no clue and no body to mourn over, Marie acts as her husband was still alive.
Review: The story is not only extremely moving but this is done without spectacular drama. Everything is done very subtlety. The acting of Charlotte Rampling and the directing of François Ozon are beautiful from authenticity and reality, even in the scenes that are not the physical reality. There is no exageration, no directing trick to let it become a melodrama. Very fine and subtle. I love it. The way not to accept the disparition of a loved one is moving. It is a feeling that most of us may have seen or may see in our neightbour, our families or our friends, and that is so difficult to describe by words. The rest of the movie, the secondary characters, the rest of the production are fine and just there to serve the role of Rampling.  Another movie about dead of loved ones even more touching from my point of view is La stanza degli figlio, by Nanni Moretti. Watching Sous le sable might be a motivation to watch that one too, at least to share my impressions.
Rating: 8 /10