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Water Lilies

The growing pains of a trio of 15-year-old girls, set mostly in the municipal swimming pool in a Parisian suburb, translate into arrogance and sexual confusion in their games of one-upmanship, social climbing and sexual awakening. This first time writer/director's effort is all too predictable, but is enough to make Sciamma one to watch.

  • Duration: 83
  • Certificate: 15
  • Director: Celine Sciamma
  • Stars: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere, Adele Haenel
  • Year: 2007
  • Country of origin: France
Water Lillies

Interview - Céline Sciamma

13 Mar 2008

‘I wrote the screenplay for Water Lilies while I was studying screenwriting at La Femis film school in Paris, and the director Xavier Beauvois, who was on the graduation committee, told me I had to make the film myself. My starting point was that I…

Water Lilies (Naissance Des Pieuvres)

Water Lilies (Naissance Des Pieuvres)

(3 stars)13 Mar 2008

DRAMA (15) 83min The literal translation of this film’s French title is ‘Birth of Octopuses’, which is a far more apt description of how the growing pains of a trio of 15-year-old girls translate into arrogance and sexual confusion. Set in a new…

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