Water Lilies
May 17 2007
•1h 25m
•Drama, Romance
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
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Pauline Acquart
Marie
Louise Blachère
Anne
Adèle Haenel
Floriane
Warren Jacquin
François
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