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Swimming Pool
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
2003 · Directed by François Ozon · 102 min · Crime · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
On the surface, all is calm.
Crew
- Screenplay: François Ozon
- Written by: Emmanuèle Bernheim
- Cinematography: Yorick Le Saux
- Edited by: Monica Coleman
- Music: Philippe Rombi
- Produced by: Marc Missonnier, Olivier Delbosc
Cast
- Charlotte Rampling as Sarah Morton
- Ludivine Sagnier as Julie
- Charles Dance as John Bosload
- Marc Fayolle as Marcel
- Jean-Marie Lamour as Franck
- Mireille Mossé as Marcel's Daughter
- Michel Fau as First Man
- Jean-Claude Lecas as Second Man
- Émilie Gavois-Kahn as Waitress at Cafe
- Erarde Forestali as Old Man
Production
- Country: France, United Kingdom
- Language: English, French
- Studios: France 2 Cinéma, Fidélité Productions, Gimages, FOZ
- Budget: $7,800,000
- Box office: $22,441,323
- Themes: dying and death, daughter, london, england, countryside, based on novel or book, subway, generations conflict, provence, country house, writing
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