Water Lilies

Water Lilies

2007•1h 25m•6.5/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.5/10(463)

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.

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Production

Balthazar Productions, Lilies Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Pauline Acquart

Pauline Acquart

Marie

Louise Blachère

Louise Blachère

Anne

Adèle Haenel

Adèle Haenel

Floriane

Warren Jacquin

Warren Jacquin

François

Christel Baras

Christel Baras

L'inspectrice

Marie Gili-Pierre

Marie Gili-Pierre

La caissière

Alice de Lencquesaing

Alice de Lencquesaing

Fille vestiaire

Claire Pierrat

Fille vestiaire 2

Barbara Renard

Natacha

Esther Sironneau

Esther Sironneau

La vendeuse

Jérémie Steib

Le masseur

Yvonne Villemaire

La voisine

Christophe Vandevelde

Christophe Vandevelde

Type boîte

Céline Sciamma

Céline Sciamma

Caissier de McDonald's (uncredited)

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