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Water Lilies
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2007 French drama film directed by Céline Sciamma
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Water Lilies, originally titled Naissance des pieuvres, is a 2007 French drama film directed and written by Céline Sciamma. The cast includes Adèle Haenel, Céline Sciamma, Pauline Acquart, and Alice de Lencquesaing. Produced by Balthazar Productions and Lilies Films, the narrative is set in France. The film falls under the genres of drama, romance, and LGBTQ-related film.
The movie has a runtime of 85 minutes and was released on May 17, 2007. It participated in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Distribution formats include video on demand, with Netflix and the Criterion Channel listed as providers. The film has received various assessment scores, including an 81% rating, a 6.7 out of 10 rating, and a Metascore of 67 out of 100. It has won four awards and received seven nominations.
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Film · TMDB
6.5Set 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
- Pauline Acquart as Marie
- Louise Blachère as Anne
- Adèle Haenel as Floriane
- Warren Jacquin as François
- Christel Baras as L'inspectrice
- Marie Gili-Pierre as La caissière
Themes
- paris, france
- forbidden love
- female friendship
- loss of virginity
- swimming pool
- coming of age
- locker room
- teenage girl
- underwater
- masturbation
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
15,294 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Awards
- 4 wins & 7 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 2007 Cannes Film Festival
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Céline Sciamma
- Screenwriter
- Céline Sciamma
- Composer
- Para One
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- 81
- FilmAffinity ID
- 668567
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.waterliliesmovie.co.uk
- Image
- Synchronized swimming - jumping.jpg
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- title
- Naissance des pieuvres
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 67/100
- publication date
- 2008-07-03
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