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  • 2013
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Sixteen-year-old Claude insinuates himself into the house of fellow high school student Rapha, writing about his family in essays that perversely blur the lines between reality and fiction for his jaded literature teacher Germain. Intrigued by this gifted and unusual student, Germain rediscovers his taste for teaching, but the boy’s intr...

Directed By: François Ozon

Written By: Juan Mayorga, François Ozon

  • 2013
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 45 m

In the House

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
72
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 40 User Ratings
7.4
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Summary Sixteen-year-old Claude insinuates himself into the house of fellow high school student Rapha, writing about his family in essays that perversely blur the lines between reality and fiction for his jaded literature teacher Germain. Intrigued by this gifted and unusual student, Germain rediscovers his taste for teaching, but the boy’s intr...

Directed By: François Ozon

Written By: Juan Mayorga, François Ozon

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Fabrice Luchini

Germain Germain

Vincent Schmitt

Bernard - le prof de maths

Ernst Umhauer

Claude Garcia

Kristin Scott Thomas

Jeanne Germain

Emmanuelle Seigner

Esther Artole

Denis Ménochet

Rapha Artole père

Bastien Ughetto

Rapha Artole fils

Jean-François Balmer

Le proviseur du lycée Gustave Flaubert

Yolande Moreau

Les jumelles Rosalie et Eugénie

Catherine Davenier

Anouk - la secrétaire

Jacques Bosc

Monsieur Garcia - le père de Claude

Stéphanie Campion

La première femme au balcon

Diana Stewart

La deuxième femme au balcon

Ronny Pong

Le Chinois

Jana Bittnerová

La doublure de la jumelle

Nadir Azni

Un élève du lycée Flaubert

Bénérice Barbin

Une élève du lycée Flaubert

Marie Brunet

Une élève du lycée Flaubert

Cyril Chaussivert

Un élève du lycée Flaubert

Matthieu Cisse

Un élève du lycée Flaubert

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
72
84% Positive
21 Reviews
16% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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84% Positive
21 Reviews
16% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Apr 15, 2013
Ozon weaves another spellbinding tale that mingles the real and imaginery with terrific effect.
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88
Apr 18, 2013
With its complex look at storytelling, imagination and the teacher-student dynamic, In the House is an elaborate cinematic fresco.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 40 User Ratings
7.4
75% Positive
30 Ratings
20% Mixed
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5% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 40 User Ratings
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75% Positive
30 Ratings
20% Mixed
8 Ratings
5% Negative
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80
Apr 15, 2013
Utterly assured, breathtakingly executed and riotously funny, this is a delight.
By James Mottram FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 29, 2013
For all its pleasures, as Germaine nudges Claude toward that “ideal” ending that will make the reader say “I never saw that coming” and “It could not have ended any other way” at the same time, one only wishes this absorbing but melodramatic film had taken that advice.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 18, 2013
The cleverness gives considerable pleasure until the story grows absurd and the story within the story turns unpleasant, like the creepily precocious young man who tells it.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 17, 2013
It's buoyant and titillates, striking that distinctly Ozonian balance between the beautiful and the sinister, but it doesn't resonate.
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40
Apr 16, 2013
Characters seem less entrapped by their desires than by plot necessities — a fact that’s not redeemed by Ozon’s winking self-awareness.
By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Mandarin Films, Mars Films, France 2 Cinéma, FOZ, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, La Banque Postale Images 5, Cofimage 23, Palatine Étoile 9, La Région Île-de-France
Release Date Apr 19, 2013
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline There's always a way in.
Website http://www.facebook.com/DansLaMaison.lefilm
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 6 Nominations
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
European Film Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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