The Blurring of Fantasy and Reality in Francoise Ozon’s In the House

Abstract

Germain wants an intrigue, and gets more than he bargained for. A dangerous game starts with the invasion of the family.Is the teacher leading the student, or is the student leading the teacher? Is this fantasy, or for real? Soon the line between fantasy and reality blurs and we eventually see the fantasy has taken over and destroyed reality as Germain is fired for stealing the Math test to feed the fantasy and his wife leaves him for being a voyeuristic predator.