In the House

In the House 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. Plot 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 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