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Swimming Pool
When uptight British writer Sarah Morton has difficulty with her new detective novel, her publisher sends her to his French country home to unwind. There, her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.
10 October 1946, Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK
1928, France
3 July 1979, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Yvelines, France
21 August 1936, London, England, UK
2 May 1953, Nogent-sur-Marne, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France
January 02, 2011
Confusing thriller is absolutely NOT for kids.September 07, 2007
Rampling and Ozon clearly enjoy working together. Rampling relishes psychologically complex roles. Ozon respects his leading ladies enough to give them challenges.July 21, 2003
Swimming Pool offers something few other movies this summer can match: A dreamy, intoxicating sensuality.January 29, 2005
... sensual and enigmaticJuly 16, 2003
A delectable and daring psychological drama.August 06, 2003
Two parts psychological thriller and one part pretentious French art-house head-scratcher that leaves you mumbling, 'Duh.'July 11, 2003
Think of it as a box of chocolates, with Sagnier being the chocolate-covered cherry. And you know the problem with chocolates: They're great to eat but they offer no nourishment whatsoever, and afterwards you feel guilty for the indulgence.July 19, 2003
The story occasionally wanders, but Swimming Pool is definitely worth a dip.April 29, 2009
This is a very well directed with a good story, great characters, and involving engrossing performances from Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier.October 26, 2004
Tiene que ver con eso de la ficción y de ser espectadores, y hasta qué punto creemos lo que se ve en la pantalla como una realidad y no como el antojo de un director de cine.August 08, 2003
Ozon simultaneously manages to make his film lazily sexual and crisply suspenseful.August 08, 2006
Charlotte Rampling is engaging in this intriguing little whodunit that seems more intent on exposing internal paranoia than it does on real world murder.