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See the Sea (1997)

See the Sea poster
Original title
Regarde la mer
Directed by
François Ozon
Genre
thriller film
Country
France
Runtime
52 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young British mother stays alone with her baby in a seaside village in France. She lets a homeless drifter stay with her while her husband is away, and the drifter's presence grows increasingly threatening.

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What happens

See the Sea (original title: Regarde la mer) is a 1997 French thriller film written and directed by François Ozon and starring Sasha Hails as a young British mother living in a small seaside village in France who takes in a malevolent homeless drifter (played by Marina de Van) while her husband is away on business. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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