The Man in the Basement (L'homme de la cave)

  • Rated Not Rated
  • 1hr 54m
  • 75

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Philippe Le Guay

Release Date:

Jan 27, 2022

Runtime:

1hr 54m

Synopsis

After a Jewish couple (Jérémie Renier and The Artist’s Bérénice Bejo) sells their basement to a former history teacher (The Intouchables’ François Cluzet), they discover his secret life as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist. As the couple struggles to rescind the sale, the buyer befriends their naive teenage daughter.

Cast

  • François Cluzet
  • Jérémie Renier
  • Bérénice Bejo
  • Martine Chevallier
  • Jack Claudany
  • Antoine Levannier
  • Jonathan Zacca

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75
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Based on 6 Critics
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88
Jan 30, 2023

As it unfolds, The Man in the Basement is as provocative, intelligent and suspenseful as anything you are likely to see this year.

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Rex Reed
Observer
75
Jan 27, 2023

The Man in the Basement doesn’t endorse a single answer; it ends on a deliberately tentative note, leaving the viewer thoroughly unsettled.

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Metacritic review by Glenn Kenny
Glenn Kenny
RogerEbert.com
75
Jan 26, 2023

The performances are impeccable, and the film’s structural elements are deftly handled across the board.

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Metacritic review by Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
TheWrap
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