Two Nudes Bathing

Two Nudes Bathing

35 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 24, 1995

Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short speculates upon the origins of the anonymous painting, Two Nudes Bathing, which hangs in the Louvre. The painting depicts two beautiful, naked young women engaged in a tender act. The result is the notorious painting in which the nude girls are depicted with one of them daintily holding the nipple of the other. Naturally, the finished work causes quite a stir in Comte's prudish household. Though rumors persist of a feature-length version of this film, they are unfounded: it was originally shot and produced as a 35-minute short, and that was the version that ran and was reviewed at Cannes.

Two Nudes Bathing

35 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 24, 1995

Two Nudes Bathing
Originally produced for the Showtime anthology series Picture Windows and screened at the Cannes Film Festival, this whimsical British short speculates upon the origins of the anonymous painting, Two Nudes Bathing, which hangs in the Louvre. The painting depicts two beautiful, naked young women engaged in a tender act. The result is the notorious painting in which the nude girls are depicted with one of them daintily holding the nipple of the other. Naturally, the finished work causes quite a stir in Comte's prudish household. Though rumors persist of a feature-length version of this film, they are unfounded: it was originally shot and produced as a 35-minute short, and that was the version that ran and was reviewed at Cannes.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers
Original title Two Nudes Bathing
Directors John Boorman
Writers John Boorman

Cast

John Hurt

as Marquis de Prey

Charley Boorman

as Le peintre

Angeline Ball

as Simone

Jocelyne West

as Gabrielle

Juliette Caton

as Blanche

Britta Bates

as Nana