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Release Date:
21 May 2003 (Belgium)
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Tagline:
Dive into this summer's sexiest mystery more
Plot:
A British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics. full summary | full synopsis
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Swimming Pool
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Awards:
2 wins
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15 nominations
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A Flying Babies movie trailer: What will the French think of next?
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 19 November 2009, 6:42 AM, PST)
Indie Film Focus - Ricky trailer hosted.
(From Movie Jungle. 18 November 2009, 11:24 PM, PST)
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 19 November 2009, 6:42 AM, PST)
Indie Film Focus - Ricky trailer hosted.
(From Movie Jungle. 18 November 2009, 11:24 PM, PST)
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Clever movie that does not reveal itself until at least 15 or 20 minutes after it is over.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Charlotte Rampling | ... | Sarah Morton |
 | Ludivine Sagnier | ... | Julie |
 | Charles Dance | ... | John Bosload |
| Jean-Marie Lamour | ... | Franck |
| Marc Fayolle | ... | Marcel |
| Mireille Mossé | ... | Marcel's Daughter |
| Michel Fau | ... | First Man |
| Jean-Claude Lecas | ... | Second Man |
| Emilie Gavois-Kahn | ... | Waitress at Cafe (as Emilie Gavois Kahn) |
| Erarde Forestali | ... | Old Man |
| Lauren Farrow | ... | Julia |
| Sebastian Harcombe | ... | Terry Long |
| Frances Cuka | ... | Lady on the Underground |
| Keith Yeates | ... | Sarah's Father |
| Tricia Aileen | ... | John Bosload's Secretary |
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Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language, some violence and drug use.
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Runtime:
102 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) |
Canada:A (Ontario) |
Philippines:R-18 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:18A |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (bw) |
Hong Kong:IIB (re-rating) |
Hong Kong:III (original rating) |
Ireland:18 |
Italy:VM14 |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Singapore:R(A) (edited version) |
Singapore:R21 (re-rating) |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) |
UK:15 |
USA:R (cut)
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Charlotte Rampling's character Sarah is named after her sister, who killed herself at age 23. She told The Guardian, "I thought that after such a very long time of not letting her be with me that I would like to bring her back into my life."
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Revealing mistakes: When Sarah is shown typing at her laptop, she is clearly pressing the keys at random and sometimes several at once.
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Mirror Ball ('Let's do it')
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Our neighbor Donna has a knack for buying offbeat DVDs, and 'Swimming Pool' is one of the more. She asked us to see it, and explain it to her. Charlotte Rampling plays the central character of Sarah Morton, a writer who seeks new inspiration at her publisher's vacation home in the south of France. All is well and quiet until Julie (pretty and nubile Ludivine Sagnier) shows up, claiming to be the daughter that Sarah's publisher failed to mention. Sarah and Julie are like fire and ice, oil and water, acid and caustic. Everything that Julie is, carefree, bold, and over sexed, Sarah isn't. Then, what we see developing is Sarah using Julie as the inspiration for her writing. Sarah begins to encourage Julie. And Julie provides much inspiration! This isn't a movie for those put off by nudity or the French habits of liberal sleeping around. But for those who like a clever and absorbing story, that will tingle your brain cells when it is over, having you asking "What exactly happened?" , then you will probably enjoy this one.
SPOILERS follow, quit reading if you have not seen 'Swimming Pool.' As the story progresses, Sarah gets less annoyed with Julie's bratty and loose behavior, and actually seems to be inspired to experiment a bit too. Things turn sinister when Julie is putting off the night time poolside advances of one of the men she brought home, and ends up murdering him. Instead of admonishing Julie, Sarah helps her dispose of the body. The next day, when the village-dwelling gardener shows up, threatening to discover the deed, Sarah offers misdirection by stripping and inviting the old gentleman to her room for sex. BIGGEST SPOILER -- when Sarah gets back to London, her publisher's offices, meets 'Julia', the young daughter who looks and acts nothing like 'Julie' of the movie. My best interpretation, which is also based on comments by writer/director Ozon, is the 'movie' in France was in the imagination of Sarah, starting when she opened her window at night, and which was actually the book she was writing. As the movie ends in London, Sarah shows her publisher John the manuscript for 'Swimming Pool', which he doesn't like. Then she gives him a copy of the published book, telling him he knew he wouldn't like it, because it was a parody of him, and had someone else publish it.