THE SWIMMING POOL
| 1969 (re-released in 2019) – 120′ – DRAMA, CRIME, ROMANCE, CLASSIC.
Written by: Jean-Claude Carriere, Jean-Emmanuel Conil, Jacques Deray.
Directed by: Jacques Deray.
Starring: Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Birkin, Paul Crauchet, Suzie Jaspard, Steve Eckhardt, Madly Bamy.
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |
This alluring, palpably erotic work of slow-burn suspense from thriller specialist Jacques Deray and legendary screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière stars Alain Delon and Romy Schneider as vacationers whose summer holiday on the French Riviera is interrupted by the arrival of an old acquaintance and his eighteen-year-old daughter–unleashing a wave of sexual tension, jealousy, and sudden violence.
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