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Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

On the surface, all is calm.

20036.51h 42m

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.

Directed by François Ozon
Written by François Ozon, Emmanuèle Bernheim
Produced by Marc Missonnier, Olivier Delbosc
Box OfficeBudget: $7.8MRevenue: $22.4M

Top 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

M

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

E

Erarde Forestali

Old Man

Themes & Keywords

dying and deathdaughterlondon, englandcountrysidebased on novel or booksubwaygenerations conflictprovencecountry housewritinginnkeeperswimming poolinspirationmurderauthorwriterdrugserotic thrillersunbathingcrime fiction writerbilingualfantasy

About Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool is a crime, thriller film released in 2003 exploring themes of dying and death, daughter, london, england, countryside, based on novel or book, subway. Directed by François Ozon, it stars Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance. 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.

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