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The Swimming Pool

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When a journalist's (Romy Schneider) boyfriend (Alain Delon) allows her former lover (Maurice Ronet) to drown, the couple must answer questions from an inspector.
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Richard Brody The New Yorker 08/24/2021
[A] dry and flimsy mediocrity... Go to Full Review
Melissa Anderson 4Columns 05/21/2021
Sunstroked and sex-soaked, Jacques Deray's French Riviera-set tale of high-stakes hedonism, originally released in 1969, offers many sensuous pleasures. Go to Full Review
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times 05/20/2021
It's two hours of beautiful people in tantalizing states of undress and unease that might just have you practicing your most chic mysterious chaise longue poses ahead of your next swim party. Go to Full Review
Diane Carson KDHX (St. Louis) 08/30/2021
Relying on minimal dialogue, maximum use of close-ups and reaction shots, this pressure cooker explodes with astonishing developments. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 08/13/2021
3/4
A drama that seduces with its setting, its languorous pace, and its sexy star teaming of former real-life lovers Delon and Schneider. Go to Full Review
Ian Thomas Malone ianthomasmalone.com 08/11/2021
Hedonism tickles the mind, extreme wealth and lust eliciting naturally intense emotions. La Piscine understands that better than most. Go to Full Review
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Navid S @navidshah94 Nov 15 A slow, simmering thriller that pulls you in without ever raising its voice. Delon and Schneider have incredible screen presence, and the lazy summer atmosphere slowly turning tense is what really makes it work. I loved how everything feels calm on the surface while something darker keeps creeping underneath. Quiet, stylish and unsettling in the best way. See more Alain E @AlainE Oct 26 Nicely restored, a very good movie about dependency and overall ignoring any moral values. Three very attractive leads who are now all deceased, but are destined to survive eternity or at least the next hundred years. Very well photographed and with good music by Michel Legrand. Limited nudity will scandalize only people who are constantly looking for a reason to get outraged. See more Emilio T @MilloTPue 04/03/2022 The most French movie I've ever seen. See more 09/28/2021 Great psychosexual drama where very beautiful people do very bad things. Reflects on jealousy, desire, and possession. Marked by great, purposeful dialogue wherein characters say so much simply by saying so little. See more 09/21/2021 Simple story well told. Looks great! See more Kensi B 08/29/2021 Not a lot happens here but it's just really fun to watch two such gorgeous leads either half-naked or with incredibly stylish clothes on. Sometimes the acting is so "French" (lots of long lingering looks for no reason, bizarrely cryptic pronouncements, etc) it borders on comical, and I think I did start laughing at a couple of points. But Alain Delon and Romy Schneider are just so glamorous and nice to look at that the film kept my attention. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When a journalist's (Romy Schneider) boyfriend (Alain Delon) allows her former lover (Maurice Ronet) to drown, the couple must answer questions from an inspector.
Director
Jacques Deray
Screenwriter
Jean-Claude Carrière, Jacques Deray, Jacques Deray
Production Co
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC), Tritone Cinematografica
Rating
PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.7K
Runtime
2h 0m
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