Inside (2007 film)
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| À l'intérieur | |
| Directed by |
Julien Maury Alexandre Bustillo |
| Produced by | Franck Ribière Vérane Frédiani |
| Screenplay by | Alexandre Bustillo |
| Story by | Alexandre Bustillo |
| Starring | Aymen Saïdi Béatrice Dalle Alysson Paradis Nathalie Roussel Nicolas Duvauchelle François-Régis Marchasson |
| Music by | François-Eudes Chanfrault |
| Cinematography | Laurent Barès |
| Edited by | Baxter |
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Production
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BR Films
La Fabrique de Films |
| Distributed by | La Fabrique de Films |
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Running time
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82 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $2.5 million |
| Box office | $530,000 |
Inside (French: À l'intérieur) is a 2007 French home invasion horror film directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, starring Alysson Paradis and Béatrice Dalle. It was written by co-director Bustillo, and is the first feature film from either director. It concerns the attack and home invasion of a young pregnant woman by a mysterious stranger who seeks to take her unborn baby. The film received generally positive reviews from mainstream critics upon its release and was particularly well received among horror film critics, noting it for being a genuinely scary and brutally violent example of the new wave of French horror.
A baby in utero is seen, with the mother's voice heard soothing it. The baby recoils as if struck. Expectant mother Sarah (Paradis) has been in a car accident, and her husband has been killed. Months later on Christmas Eve, Sarah is making final preparations for her delivery the following day. Still reeling from her husband's death, Sarah is now moody and depressed.
That evening, a mysterious woman (Dalle) arrives at Sarah's door, asking to use the telephone to call for help. Sarah lies that her husband is sleeping and she does not want to be disturbed, but the woman tells her that she knows that he is dead. When the visitor persists on coming in, Sarah, a professional photographer, attempts to take her photo through a window and telephones the police. When they arrive, the woman has already vanished. The police assure Sarah that she will be fine, but arrange to have a patrol car visit throughout the night.
Upon developing her photos, Sarah recognizes the woman in the background of an earlier photo she had taken, indicating she was stalking Sarah. Sarah telephones her employer, asking to have the photos enhanced. As she goes to bed, the woman arrives in the bedroom, awakening Sarah with scissors puncturing her pregnant belly. Sarah fights the visitor off and locks herself in the bathroom, where the woman tries to gain entry. The woman makes clear that her intentions are to take Sarah's child for herself.
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