Under The Sand (2001)

Anything that stars british actor, Charlotte Rampling is bound to be interesting. I wanted to see this after I had seem her in the suspenseful and steamy 2003 film, Swimming Pool. In that one she was a writer alone on vacation at a friend's home when her visit is intruded upon by a surprise visit from the home owner's wild daughter. Under the Sand is a french language film about a similarly introspective woman alone after the sudden disappearance of her husband. Here she is a literature professor who is teaching her students from Virginia Woolf's 1931 book, The Waves, while she struggles with the sad mysterious loss at a beach house on the coast of France. This is the kind of movie that defines the appeal of the movie-watching experience. Charlotte Rampling's breakout role was in 1966 as the bitchy but beautiful roommate of Lynn Redgrave in Georgy Girl. I may have to watch that one again soon.