The Swimming Pool (1969)
June 19, 2021 10:40 AM - Subscribe
(AKA La piscine). Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul (Alain Delon) and Marianne (Romy Schneider) are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter (Jane Birkin) to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.
Currently in revival at your local rep theater, good viewing for a hot summer day. Delon insisted that the director cast his former lover Schneider, and they have a sizzling chemistry. It's the kind of film where you know someone's getting killed, you're just not sure who. (It's also the kind of film that reminds me of when I was a kid growing up in the 80s reading about adult social life and wondering why everyone had to be so miserable at parties.)
Currently in revival at your local rep theater, good viewing for a hot summer day. Delon insisted that the director cast his former lover Schneider, and they have a sizzling chemistry. It's the kind of film where you know someone's getting killed, you're just not sure who. (It's also the kind of film that reminds me of when I was a kid growing up in the 80s reading about adult social life and wondering why everyone had to be so miserable at parties.)
Wouldn't hurt to be drunk enough to feel languid.
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