UNITED KINGDOM · 1965
Repulsion
mental illness
isolation and withdrawal
fear of men
psychological breakdown
loneliness
sexuality and trauma
Synopsis
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
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