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Directed by Jacques Deray
The Swimming Pool
La Piscine
An atmospheric, acclaimed drama.
Drama
Thriller
1969
2h 3m
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.
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its like sims 3 when you put your sims in the pool with no ladder and they just keep swimming until they eventually drown
hahah bro stoppp lemme get out of the pool
Common questions
What is La Piscine about?+
Set in a remote villa near St. Tropez, the film follows a couple whose lazy summer holiday is disrupted when the woman's former lover and his teenage daughter arrive, sparking a web of jealousy and tension.
Who directed La Piscine?+
Jacques Deray directed this 1969 psychological thriller, which is widely regarded as one of his most stylized and atmospheric works.
Is La Piscine based on a book?+
The film features an original screenplay co-written by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jacques Deray, though it captures themes common in contemporary European psychological dramas of the era.
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