Bibliograph

La piscine, Studio Canal ; René Pignères et Gérard Beytout présentent ; un film de Jacques Deray ; scénario original de Jean-Emmanuel Conil ; adaptation dialogée de Jean-Claude Carrière, Jacques Deray ; un co-production Société Nouvelle de Cínematographie Paris, Tritone Film Rome

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Label

La piscine, Studio Canal ; René Pignères et Gérard Beytout présentent ; un film de Jacques Deray ; scénario original de Jean-Emmanuel Conil ; adaptation dialogée de Jean-Claude Carrière, Jacques Deray ; un co-production Société Nouvelle de Cínematographie Paris, Tritone Film Rome

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Unrated

Main title

La piscine

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

1252642109

Responsibility statement

Studio Canal ; René Pignères et Gérard Beytout présentent ; un film de Jacques Deray ; scénario original de Jean-Emmanuel Conil ; adaptation dialogée de Jean-Claude Carrière, Jacques Deray ; un co-production Société Nouvelle de Cínematographie Paris, Tritone Film Rome

Runtime

122

Series statement

Criterion collection, 1088

Summary

"The bright sun of the French Riviera is deceptive in this alluring work of slow-burn suspense from thriller specialist Jacques Deray and legendary screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière. Formerly one of European cinema's most iconic real-life couples, Alain Delon and Romy Schneider reunited for this film, bringing a palpable erotic chemistry to their performances as the bronzed and beautiful vacationers whose summer vacation on the Côte d'Azur is interrupted by the arrival of an old acquaintance (Maurice Ronet) and his eighteen-year-old daughter (Jean Birkin)--unleashing a gathering wave of sexual tension, jealousy, and sudden violence. A paragon of 1960s modernist cool thanks to the effortlessly chic clothes and a loungy Michel Legrand score, La piscine dives deep to reveal sinister undercurrents roiling beneath its seductive surfaces"--Container

Technique

live action

Classification