Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres)

6.4	Rating (133 ratings)
6.7	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Céline Sciamma

Starring (View all)

Pauline Acquart
Marie

Louise Blachère
Anne

Adele Haenel
Floriane

Warren Jacquin
François

Christel Baras
L'inspectrice

Marie Gili-Pierre
La caissière

Alice de Lencquesaing
Fille vestiaire

Claire Pierrat
Fille vestiaire 2

Written by

Céline Sciamma

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15 years, 1 month ago at Mar 23 7:13

Abhi

1 vote

A study of female adolescent angst centered around three girls who meet at the local swimming pool. The movie follows them through the summer as they experience love and heartbreak for the first time. It looks gorgeous and the camera work is especially stunning. The acting and direction is also good but the script suffers from a certain aimlessness which prevents it's from becoming more than the s... read more

A good movie

6 months ago at Nov 2 10:09

johanlefourbe

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To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was the only directorial effort from Céline Sciamma that I haven’t seen so far, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, if her approach was usual really sober, the emotion going underneath all these girls turned out to be so intense, it was rather heartbreaking but also quite fascinating to behold. Indeed, a... read more

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Summer in a new suburb outside Paris. Nothing to do but look at the ceiling. Marie, Anne and Floriane are 15. Their paths cross in the corridors at the local swimming pool, where love and desire make a sudden, dramatic appearance.

Release date: 15 August 2007

Tags: French (5), France (4), 2000s (4), Coming Of Age (4), Swimming (3), Drama (3), Lesbian (3), Friendship (2), 2007 (2), Teenagers (2), Turtle (2), Teenage (1), Female Nudity (1), Female Director (1), Swimming Pool (1), (1), Spitting In Mouth (1), Intimist (1)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 6 months ago

A good movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was the only directorial effort from Céline Sciamma that I haven’t seen so far, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, if her approach was usual really sober, the emotion going underneath all these girls turned out to be so intense, it was rather heartbreaking but also quite fascinating to behold. Indeed, all these young women were going through their sexual awakening and this process was hardly a picnic for any of them. Indeed, if they are attractive, they are basically constantly harassed by all men, younger, from the same age and way older than them and, if they are not traditionally attractive or are even downright ugly, well, they are completely ignored as if they didn’t exist at all. And, if” read more