In the House
2012 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 7.2 · 80% critics
A sixteen-year-old boy begins writing essays about a fellow student’s household after slipping into the family’s life, submitting his accounts to a literature teacher. The teacher grows increasingly invested in the gifted pupil’s work, but the boy’s intrusion triggers a chain of events that quickly turns unpredictable.
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Details
- Original title
- Dans la maison
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-09-26
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (915 votes)
- Box office
- $18,249,825
About
You’ll likely enjoy In the House if you like mind-bending stories that blur fiction and reality and keep you uneasy; Not for you if you want a clear, straightforward plot, as many viewers felt it was hard to follow, unlike Tell No One or Time to Leave.
Pros: restless, mysterious atmosphere; strong writing-driven tension; compelling performances | Cons: hard to pin down reality; some find it slow; ending criticized as uneven
Themes
- high school
- teacher
- teen angst
- male homosexuality
- school
- writer
- teacher student relationship
- lgbt
- homework
- gay theme
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2013
- Golden Shell · 2012
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2013 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2013 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2013 · nominated
Cast & crew
Fabrice Luchini
as Germain
Kristin Scott Thomas
as Jeanne
Ernst Umhauer
as Claude
Emmanuelle Seigner
as Esther
Bastien Ughetto
as Rapha fils
Denis Ménochet
as Rapha père
Jean-François Balmer
as Le proviseur
Fabrice Colson
as Client de la galerie
Yolande Moreau
as Les jumelles Rosalie et Eugénie
Catherine Davenier
as Anouk - la secrétaire
Directed by François Ozon