Swimming Pool

Swimming Pool

6.5IMDb Score
Released:2003-05-21
Duration:102 min
Director:François Ozon
Actors:Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Marc Fayolle, Jean-Marie Lamour
Production:France 2 Cinéma, Fidélité Productions, Gimages, FOZ, Headforce Ltd.

Overview:

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

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