Water Lilies (2007)

6.5/10 85 min Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Pauline Acquart

Marie

Louise Blachère

Anne

Adèle Haenel

Floriane

Warren Jacquin

François

Christel Baras

L'inspectrice

Marie Gili-Pierre

La caissière

Alice de Lencquesaing

Fille vestiaire

Esther Sironneau

La vendeuse

Christophe Vandevelde

Type boîte

Céline Sciamma

Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited)

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