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Released 14 years ago.
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In the House
"There’s always a way to get in."
2012 1h 45m FR
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Synopsis
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A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
“There’s always a way to get in.”
Cast
Fabrice Luchini
Germain
Ernst Umhauer
Claude
Kristin Scott Thomas
Jeanne
Emmanuelle Seigner
Esther
Bastien Ughetto
Rapha fils
Denis Ménochet
Rapha père
Jean-François Balmer
Le proviseur
Fabrice Colson
Client de la galerie
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- François Ozon
- Writers
- Juan Mayorga, François Ozon
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by François Ozon, shot by Jérôme Alméras. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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CAST
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Fabrice Luchini and Ernst Umhauer and Kristin Scott Thomas carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "There’s always a way to get in.".
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IMDB entry: tt1964624 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
François Ozon directs. Jérôme Alméras behind the camera. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 14 years ago.
- 2Directed by François Ozon, shot by Jérôme Alméras. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Fabrice Luchini and Ernst Umhauer and Kristin Scott Thomas carry the top of the cast.
- 4Marketing tagline: "There’s always a way to get in.".
- 5IMDB entry: tt1964624 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Classified under 10 themes, including "high school", "teacher", "teen angst", "male homosexuality".
- 7Released under 11 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Jérôme Alméras
- Production design
- Arnaud de Moléron
- Costume design
- Pascaline Chavanne
- VFX supervisor
- Mikaël Tanguy
- Stunt coordinator
- Virginie Arnaud
- Runtime
- 105 min · 1h 45m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $11,879,046
- Original language
- FR
- Certification (US)
- R
Awards
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
- Golden Shell
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
François Ozon
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Wild Bunch
FR
France 2 Cinéma
FR
- MA
Mandarin Film
- FO
FOZ
FR
Key crew
- ProducerEric Altmayer
- ProducerNicolas Altmayer
- ProducerClaudie Ossard
- MusicPhilippe Rombi
- Production DesignArnaud de Moléron
- Costume DesignPascaline Chavanne
- PainterThomas Morange
- Property MasterManuel Demoulling
- StuntsChristophe Marsaud
- Stunt CoordinatorVirginie Arnaud
- Digital CompositorsJerome Binckly
- Digital CompositorsAlexandre Gény
- Digital CompositorsThibault Martegani
- Original StoryJuan Mayorga
- Visual Effects SupervisorMikaël Tanguy
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- high school
- teacher
- teen angst
- male homosexuality
- school
- writer
- teacher student relationship
- lgbt
- homework
- gay theme
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)2013-04-19R
Also known as
International titles
- В домеRU
- 登堂入室TW
- Nella casaIT
- Selv i de bedste hjemDK
- KodusEE
- Vieras talossaFI
- To agori sto teleftaio thranioGR
- I de beste hjemNO
- EvdeTR
- 인 더 하우스KR
- En la casaES
