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 Canal+, ARTE, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, Cofinova 3, Balthazar Productions, Région Ile-de-France
Original title Naissance des pieuvres
Directors Yann Kaïm, Delphine Daull, Roselyne Bellec, Jérémie Steib, Céline Sciamma
Writers Céline Sciamma

Cast

Pauline Acquart

as Marie

Adèle Haenel

as Floriane

Warren Jacquin

as François

Christel Baras

as Inspector

Marie Gili-Pierre

as Cashier

Alice de Lencquesaing

as Locker Room Girl

Claire Pierrat

as Locker Room Girl

Barbara Renard

as Natacha

Esther Sironneau

as Saleswoman

Jérémie Steib

as Masseur

Yvonne Villemaire

as Neighbor

Christophe Vandevelde

as Box Type Man

Céline Sciamma

as McDonalds Attendant