In the House (film)

2012 French film by François Ozon

In the House

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| François Ozon
Screenplay by| François Ozon
Based on| The Boy in the Last Row
by Juan Mayorga
Produced by|

* Éric Altmayer
* Nicolas Altmeyer
* Claudie Ossard

Starring|

* Fabrice Luchini
* Kristin Scott Thomas
* Emmanuelle Seigner
* Denis Ménochet
* Ernst Umhauer

Cinematography| Jérôme Alméras
Edited by| Laure Gardette
Music by| Philippe Rombi

Production
companies

* La Banque Postale Images 5
* Canal+
* France 2 Cinéma
* Mandarin Cinéma
* Palatine Étoile 9
* Région Ile-de-France

Distributed by| Mars Distribution

Release dates

* 10 September 2012 (2012-09-10) (TIFF)
* 3 October 2012 (2012-10-03) (France)

Running time

| 105 minutes[1]
Country| France
Language| French
Budget| $11 million[2]
Box office| $16.2 million[3]

In the House (French: Dans la maison) is a 2012 French comedy drama directed by François Ozon. The film's screenplay by Ozon is loosely based on Juan Mayorga's play El chico de la última fila (The Boy in the Last Row).

The film won the main prize at the 2012 San Sebastián International Film Festival, the Golden Shell, as well as the Jury Prize for Best Screenplay.[4]

## Plot

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Germain, a middle-aged literature teacher, bonds with his 16-year-old student, Claude Garcia, while tutoring him to improve his writing skills. This leads the precocious and disdainful student to be increasingly transgressive and antisocial, demonstrating a flair for manipulating relationship dynamics and for finding ways to satisfy his needs. The student seduces his friend's mother and the teacher's wife. He inadvertently causes the teacher to be dismissed but they remain in touch due to their mutual passion in finding stories that excite them.

## Cast

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* Fabrice Luchini as Germain Germain
* Kristin Scott Thomas as Jeanne Germain
* Ernst Umhauer as Claude Garcia
* Emmanuelle Seigner as Esther Artole
* Denis Ménochet as Raphael 'Rapha' Artole (Senior)
* Bastien Ughetto as Raphael 'Rapha' Artole (Junior)
* Yolande Moreau as Rosalie / Eugénie
* Jean-François Balmer as The principal

## Production

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François Ozon adapted the screenplay from Spanish writer Juan Mayorga's play The Boy in the Last Row. The film was produced through Mandarin Cinéma for a budget of 9.2 million euro. It received support from France 2 Cinéma and Mars Films. Filming took place during eight weeks in August and September 2011.[5]

## Release

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The film opened in France on 3 October 2012 through Mars Distribution.[6]

### Box office

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In the House earned $9,529,425 in France and $17,860,068 altogether overseas while grossing $389,757 in the United States for a worldwide total of $18,249,825.[7]

### Critical reception

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The film has received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 89% of 81 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 7.4/10.[8] Metacritic gave the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on 25 critics.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "DANS LA MAISON – IN THE HOUSE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 22 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
2. ^ "Dans la maison". JP Box Office. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
3. ^ "Dans la maison (2012) – Financial Information".
4. ^ "Official Selection Awards". San Sebastián International Film Festival. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
5. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (18 October 2011). "Details revealed about Ozon's Dans La Maison". Cineuropa.org. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
6. ^ "Dans la maison". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2012.
7. ^ "In the House (2013) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
8. ^ "In the House (2012)".
9. ^ "In the House".

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to In the House.

* Official website
* In the House at IMDb
* In the House at Box Office Mojo
* In the House at Rotten Tomatoes
* In the House at Metacritic

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Films directed by François Ozon

Feature films|

* See the Sea (1997)
* Sitcom (1998)
* Criminal Lovers (1999)
* Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
* Under the Sand (2000)
* 8 Women (2002)
* Swimming Pool (2003)
* 5x2 (2004)
* Time to Leave (2005)
* Angel (2007)
* Ricky (2009)
* The Refuge (2010)
* Potiche (2010)
* In the House (2012)
* Young & Beautiful (2013)
* The New Girlfriend (2014)
* Frantz (2016)
* L'Amant double (2017)
* By the Grace of God (2019)
* Summer of 85 (2020)
* Everything Went Fine (2021)
* Peter von Kant (2022)
* The Crime Is Mine (2023)
* When Fall Is Coming (2024)
* The Stranger (2026)

Short films|

* Victor (1993)
* A Summer Dress (1996)
* X2000 (1998)

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Golden Shell

1953–1975|

* I Was a Parish Priest (1953)
* Sierra maldita (1954)
* Days of Love (1955)
* The Railroad Man (1956)
* Oh! Sabella (1957)
* Ewa chce spac (1958)
* The Nun's Story (1959)
* Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)
* One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
* Arturo's Island (1962)
* Mafioso (1963)
* America America (1964)
* Golden Queen / Mirage (1965)
* I Was Happy Here (1966)
* Two for the Road (1967)
* The Long Day's Dying (1968)
* The Rain People (1969)
* Dead of Summer (1970)
* Claire's Knee (1971)
* The Glass House (1972)
* The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
* Badlands (1974)
* Furtivos (1975)

1976–2000|

* Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven (1976)
* An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano (1977)
* Alambrista! (1978)
* Autumn Marathon (1979)
* The Orchestra Conductor (1980)
* Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
* Demons in the Garden (1982)
* Entre Nous (1983)
* Rumble Fish (1984)
* Yesterday (1985)
* Half of Heaven (1986)
* Wedding in Galilee (1987)
* On the Black Hill (1988)
* Homer and Eddie / La nación clandestina (1989)
* Letters from Alou (1990)
* Butterfly Wings (1991)
* A Place in the World (1992)
* The Beginning and the End / Sara (1993)
* Dias contados (1994)
* Margaret's Museum (1995)
* Bwana / Trojan Eddie (1996)
* The Swindle (1997)
* Wind with the Gone (1998)
* What's Life? (1999)
* The Ruination of Men (2000)

2001–present|

* A Cab for Three (2001)
* Mondays in the Sun (2002)
* Gun-shy (2003)
* Turtles Can Fly (2004)
* Something Like Happiness (2005)
* Half Moon / Mon fils à moi (2006)
* A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007)
* Pandora's Box (2008)
* City of Life and Death (2009)
* Neds (2010)
* Los pasos dobles (2011)
* In the House (2012)
* Bad Hair (2013)
* Magical Girl (2014)
* Sparrows (2015)
* I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016)
* The Disaster Artist (2017)
* Between Two Waters (2018)
* Pacified (2019)
* Beginning (2020)
* Blue Moon (2021)
* The Kings of the World (2022)
* The Rye Horn (2023)
* Afternoons of Solitude (2024)

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