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Director François Ozon
Starring Michael Lonsdale, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian
Cert 15
Film **** Extras ***
You can’t really get more French than this raw, claustrophobic chamber
piece that traces the story of a disintegrating relationship in
reverse. What gives the film its haunting power is Swimming Pool
director François Ozon’s intuitive grasp of the fundamental discontent
that prevents this flawed couple from saving their romance, aided and
abetted by a pair of subtle performances that shun easy sympathy. |
