High Tension (2003)

High Tension
Hearts will bleed.
Credits
Title	High Tension
Directed by	Alexandre Aja
Written by	Alexandre Aja; Grégory Levasseur
Produced by	Alexandre Aja; Andrei Boncea; Robert Benmussa
Music by	François Eudes
Cinematography	Maxime Alexandre
Edited by	Baxter; Al Rundle; Sophie Vermersch
Distributed by	Alexandre Films; Europa Corp.
General Information
Release date(s)	June 18th, 2003 (France) January 17th, 2004 (US)
Film Rating	NC-17
Running time	91 min.
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€2,200,000 $430,000
Gross revenue	$3,681,066 (US)
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High Tension, alternatively known as Haute tension, is a French independent horror film of the psycho-thriller subgenre. It was directed, co-written and co-produced by Alexandre Aja and released through his production company Alexandre Films in 2003. The film premiered in France on June 18th and then in Canada on September 7th, 2003 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was first screened in the United States at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17th, 2004 and was released to limited theatrical screening in the US on June 10th, 2005. The film follows the torment of two young French college students, Marie and Alexia, who are stranded at a farmhouse late at night while a sadistic killer stalks them throughout the isolated countryside.

Cast

Actor	Role
Cécile De France	Marie
Maïwenn	Alexia
Philippe Nahon	Le tueur
Franck Khalfoun	Jimmy
Andrei Finti	Pére Alex
Oana Pellea	Mére Alex
Marco Claudiu Pascu	Tom
Jean-Claude de Goros	Capitaine Gendarmerie
Bogdan Uritescu	Gendarme
Gabriel Spahiu	Homme voiture

Notes & Trivia

• In the UK, the film was screened under the title Switchblade Romance.

External Links

• High Tension at IMDB
• High Tension at Wikipedia
• High Tension at Metacritic
• High Tension at AllRovi.com
• High Tension at Box Office Mojo
• High Tension at Rotten Tomatoes

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