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Swimming Pool (2003)

R 05/21/2003 Crime, Thriller 1h 42m
65%
User
Score
6.7/10
83%
70/100

On the surface, all is calm.

Overview

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

François Ozon

Screenplay

Emmanuèle Bernheim

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling

Sarah Morton

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Julie

Charles Dance

Charles Dance

John Bosload

Marc Fayolle

Marc Fayolle

Marcel

Jean-Marie Lamour

Jean-Marie Lamour

Franck

Mireille Mossé

Mireille Mossé

Marcel's Daughter

Michel Fau

Michel Fau

First Man

Jean-Claude Lecas

Jean-Claude Lecas

Second Man

Émilie Gavois-Kahn

Émilie Gavois-Kahn

Waitress at Cafe

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Media

Swimming Pool movie trailer.

Swimming Pool movie trailer.

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on December 13, 2021

_**Engaging psychological drama with Ludivine Sagnier and Charlotte Rampling**_

"Swimming Pool" (2003) is a drama/psychological thriller about a popular English novelist named, Sarah (Charlotte Rampling), who vacations at her publisher's villa in France to find inspiration for her next book. Unfortunately, the publisher's oversexed daughter, Julie (Ludivine Sagnier), visits and disrupts her activities.

If you remember 70s' films like "Orca" and "Zardoz" you'll know that Rampling was stunning in her physical prime in a looks-that-kill way. In "Swimming Pool" she's still in decent shape for a woman verging on 60, but her character's a joyless biyatch desperately seeking inspiration. Julie, by contrast, is young, friendly and overflowing with sexuality, but – like Sarah – she's not ...

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