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The Swimming Pool
Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne 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 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.
1969 · Directed by Jacques Deray · 123 min · Drama · Thriller · 56 frames
Tagline
The most dangerous love-game ever played
Crew
- Written by: Jean-Claude Carrière, Jacques Deray
- Cinematography: Jean-Jacques Tarbès
- Edited by: Paul Cayatte
- Music: Michel Legrand
- Production design: Paul Laffargue
- Produced by: René Pignières
Cast
- Alain Delon as Jean-Paul
- Romy Schneider as Marianne
- Maurice Ronet as Harry
- Jane Birkin as Penelope
- Paul Crauchet as L'inspecteur Lévêque
- Suzie Jaspard as Emilie
- Maddly Bamy as La mulâtre
- Thierry Chabert as Un ami
- Steve Eckardt as Fred
- Ruth Price as Singer (uncredited)
Production
- Country: France, Italy
- Language: English, French
- Studios: Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie, Tritone Cinematografica
- Themes: husband wife relationship, southern france, relationship problems, ex-husband ex-wife relationship
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