Adrien de Van, Evelyne Dandry, François Marthouret, Jean Douchet, Jules-Emmanuel Eyoum Deido ...( see more  see more... ) , Lucia Sanchez , Marina de Van , Stephane Rideau

I’ll never forget the day my father brought it home. I mean, I can understand mom’s distaste for such a pet, however domesticated it was, but who could have ever suspected such unbound horror from thi...( read more  read more... )s cute little animal. Through its gaze my younger brother found the courage to declare his homo-sexuality to our family — whether he believed it to be true or not. At first this didn't seem to cause much concern, until my mother tried to "convert" him back by forcing her own sexual impulses on him. I, on the other hand, ended up a suicidal paraplegic dominatrix who tried to seduce my father before his twisted admiration for the rat changed him too, literally. Watching it just sit in it’s cage, minding it's own business, it was outlandish to suggest that this feeble little animal was the source behind the demise of my entire family, but it was. Unbeknownst to any of us, our new pet had powers beyond your wildest dreams.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: François Ozon

Release Date: June 18, 1999

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DVD Release Date: January 13, 2004

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  • December 13, 2009
    Watch Visitor Q instead.
  • November 4, 2007
    Just can't get enough of Ozon sometimes but usually I like him fiercer. This is pretty low-key and morbidly funny but it is still fun.
  • August 7, 2009
    Like a poor dumb comedy version of Pasolini's Teorema
  • February 6, 2009
    hehehehhehe. ozons best film

    s u p e r b
  • January 28, 2009
    sevemedim karagözlüm
  • January 25, 2009
    Enchaîné les sujets tabous n'est pas tout, il faut avoir un tout, une histoire, quelque chose qui se tient et qui mène à quelque part, quelque chose ou du moins, il faut sentir une cohérence dans la dénonciation ou l'exposition et de ça.. On n'en trouve très peu ou pas dans cet é...( read more)trange film que François Ozon livre en guise de premeir long-métrage. Peu de moyens, je peux comprendre, mais difficile d'expliquer ce que l'on ressent à l'écoute de cefilm. Oui, du dégoût et beaucoup d'incompréhension. Les sujets tabous s'enchainent et finissent par se terminer en pure cacophonie qui ne semble vouloir rien dire. à quoi rime tout cela? Dans ce film tout le monde semble être trahi, des personnages jusqu'aux spectacteurs.
  • December 7, 2008
    Du grand Ozon. Une super histoire. Une fin surréaliste à mourir de rire. A revoir.
  • July 1, 2008
    This was one of the most refreshing movie experiences I've had in a very long time. When you only watch Hollywood crap you get so used to it that when you see something like this it really overwhelms you.
  • September 27, 2007
    it was really a great film, it reminded me a lot of bernie. it's a french dark comedy that will make you feel both uncomfortable and hilarious, plunging you into a very surreal world.
  • June 28, 2007
    LOVED THIS MOVIEEEE
    i mena i love all francois ozon movies but this one rocked

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  • itbegins2005
    June 16, 2008
    Wow, this sounds like absolute shite. It's hard to imagine an execution of the plot I've just read that wouldn't come off as a pile of exploitative garbage. Didn't like Swimming Pool, so I probably won't like this.

    What is it with French directors? Other than maybe Luc Besson, I haven't heard of a single decent French filmmaker.

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