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The paths of three 15-year-old girls living in a modern Paris suburb cross at the local swimming pool, where love and desire make a dramatic appearance. The dynamics of their relationships gradually begins to shift as they come to learn the true meaning of arousal and the power of sexual attraction.
Water Lilies The paths of three 15-year-old girls living in a modern Paris suburb cross at the local swimming pool, where love and desire make a dramatic appearance. The dynamics of their relationships gradually begins to shift as they come to learn the true meaning of arousal and the power of sexual attraction.
Water Lilies grow up. The Un Certain Regard sidebar at the 60th Cannes Film Festival has a distinctly feminine feel this year with three French female directors featuring in the selection. The first in competition... 18/05/2007 | Cannes 2007 | Un Certain Regard/France
Jun 13, 2008 · Water Lilies is stylishly filmed, with slow, rolling scenes reminiscent of Sofia Coppola s film, The Virgin Suicides. A charming shot of Marie, for example, kicking her legs up in the bath as her pet turtle swims around her exemplifies the cute, acutely personal tone this film cultivates.
May 7, 2020 · Céline Sciamma’s impressive debut film, Water Lilies, paints a realistic portrait of adolescent lust which tackles subjects of body image, first love and heartbreak, and exploring one's sexuality. Set against the backdrop of a summer in the suburbs of Paris, the film focuses on three teenage girls, Marie (Pauline Acquart), Anne (Louise Blachère) and Floriane (Adèle Haenel), all still figuring out who they are and how to navigate the frustration and confusion that comes with growing up ...
May 17, 2007 · Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.
