Lemming (2005)

Introduction
"Lemming" is a suspenseful French mental thriller directed by Dominik Moll and released in 2005. The film stars Laurent Lucas, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, and Andre Dussollier. "Lemming" is a film that masterfully intertwines reality with a hint of supernatural, leading audiences through a multi-layered plot with unexpected twists and turns that difficulties their sense of reality.

The Plot
The film begins with Alain Getty, an effective engineer played by Laurent Lucas, moving with his spouse Bénédicte (Charlotte Gainsbourg) to a new city for his job. Alain's employer Richard Pollock (André Dussollier) invites himself and his better half Alice (Charlotte Rampling) over for dinner, which results in a strained evening due to Alice's irregular habits. They find a lemming stuck in their pipe, and after it is kicked out, Alice starts behaving strangely, meaning a disturbed marital relationship and forecasting her frustrations onto Bénédicte and Alain.

Weaves
The situation deviates when Alice devotes suicide in Alain and Bénédicte's home, causing a series of unexpected events that throw their previously calm lives into chaos. Alain starts to witness weird habits from Bénédicte, who seems to be had by Alice's spirit. The supernatural element pairs with a deep expedition of marital relationships.

The Climax
The climax offers closure with the intervention of science and a descent into a spooky dream-like sequence. Finally, Alain solves to reset his life, reflecting the particular habits of a lemming, the little rodent understood for its thought misconception of mass suicide, from which the movie derives its title.

Cast Performance
The cast renders an exceptional efficiency, with Charlotte Rampling breaking the thriller in the storyline with her amazing portrayal of Alice, a lady on the edge of madness. Laurent Lucas balances her with his sensible and grounded character, pulling the narrative towards a realistic angle, while Charlotte Gainsbourg's switch from warm and loving to cold and removed is unnerving and engaging.

Conclusion
"Lemming", among the few movies that effectively mix the mental thriller and drama genres with a touch of supernatural, offers audiences with an intriguing narrative mystery that continues to puzzle and shock until the very end. Audiences are kept engaged as they try to figure out the blurred lines in between truth and impression within the plot. Eventually, the film uses the enigmatic habits of the lemming as a concept to check out much deeper styles of love, obsessiveness, control, and the desperation of human habits in tough marital relationships.

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