Water Lilies

Water Lilies

85 mins | Drama, Romance | 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.

Water Lilies

85 mins | Drama, Romance | May 17, 2007

Water Lilies
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Balthazar Productions, Lilies Films
Original title Naissance des pieuvres
Directors Jérémie Steib, Yann Kaïm, Roselyne Bellec, Delphine Daull, Céline Sciamma
Writers Céline Sciamma

Cast

Pauline Acquart

as Marie

Adèle Haenel

as Floriane

Warren Jacquin

as François

Christel Baras

as L'inspectrice

Marie Gili-Pierre

as La caissière

Alice de Lencquesaing

as Fille vestiaire

Claire Pierrat

as Fille vestiaire 2

Barbara Renard

as Natacha

Esther Sironneau

as La vendeuse

Jérémie Steib

as Le masseur

Yvonne Villemaire

as La voisine

Christophe Vandevelde

as Type boîte

Céline Sciamma

as Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited)