Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool is a 2003 French -English psychological thriller and mystery film, directed by Francois Ozon and starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier. The plot focuses on a British crime novelist, Sarah Morton (Rampling) who...

In this article: Francois Ozon, Ludivine Sagnier, and France

...to the set. On Saturday, the films vying for the Golden Shell continue when top French filmmaker Francois Ozon, who made "8 femmes" and "Swimming Pool", unveils his latest work "Le Refuge." Last year's Golden Shell for best film went to...

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Following the success of "Swimming Pool," French director Francois Ozon's grueling study of a marriage, in reverse chronological order, was mistakenly regarded by critics as a gimmick picture. (At least, I think that's what happened. In any...

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All that sloughing of clothes and rippling of skin. Charlotte Rampling has barely settled in her perfect rural retreat in Francois Ozon's Swimming Pool (2003) before the flesh and devil make headway. In A Room with a View (1985), it is seen...

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...even graceful. " Sagnier's bedroom moment in Francois Ozon's Water Drops On Burning Rocks is a YouTube favourite; she spent most of Swimming Pool, a murder mystery by that same director, sunbathing topless as a sultry siren in the Bardot...

In this article: Ludivine Sagnier, Paris, Edith Piaf, YouTube, and Francois Ozon

Death, sex, recreation: Pools are a constant reservoir for American pop culture, a wellspring of desire and destiny. POOL PARTY "Swimming Pool" (2003): At a pool in France, strange passions ignite in Charlotte Rampling and others.

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...a wellspring of desire and destiny. Here are several films that include pivotal scenes set in and around swimming pools: "Swimming Pool" (2003): At a pool in France, strange passions ignite in Charlotte Rampling and others. "The...

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Here are several films that include pivotal scenes set in and around swimming pools: "Swimming Pool" (2003): At a pool in France, strange passions ignite in Charlotte Rampling and others. "The Graduate" (1967): Benjamin Braddock (Dustin...

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...intangible "It" is definitely in Sagnier's possession, too. British audiences first found Sagnier in the 2003 hit Swimming Pool, in which she starred opposite Charlotte Rampling, and her rebellious on-screen teen self infamously spent most...

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In 'Swimming Pool,' a Master Stroke From Francois Ozon Think of Francois Ozon's astringent "Swimming Pool" as a novel by Georges Simenon set in a painting by David Hockney. It's one of those intimate French dramas of psychological...

In this article: Francois Ozon, What Lies Beneath, Ludivine Sagnier, and Charlotte Rampling