Swimming Pool Movie Review

A british mystery author visits her publisher s home in the south of france where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.

Swimming pool movie review. The movie stops short of a complete role reversal but before swimming pool comes to a close sarah has smoked pot and casually offered her body to a handyman and julie has put on some clothes. Directed by françois ozon. It also had a great metaphoric title as the movie follows the physical state of the pool. With charlotte rampling charles dance ludivine sagnier jean marie lamour.

The movie keeps you thinking throughout and the little questions only enhance the intrigue. Sarah morton is a famous british mystery author. Swimming pool is not as psychologically complex as under the sand or as disturbing as the film that first brought ozon international acclaim see the sea. Swimming pool contained good symbolism acting and especially great cinematography.

After it is over you will want to go back and think things through again and i can help you by suggesting there is one and only one interpretation that resolves all of the. Tired of london and seeking inspiration for her new novel she accepts an offer from her publisher john bosload to stay at his home in luberon in. Swimming pool is a 2003 erotic thriller film directed by françois ozon and starring charlotte rampling and ludivine sagnier the plot focuses on a british crime novelist sarah morton who travels to her publisher s upmarket summer house in southern france to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. Keen to write something other than her best selling series of detective novels english author sarah morton rampling takes a long working break at her publisher s french villa.

Great movie and yes there is a lot of skin shown so don t watch it with the kids.