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La Piscine

Original title: La piscine
  • 19691969
  • GPGP
  • 2h 2m
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Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, and Maurice Ronet in La Piscine (1969)
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  • Crime
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  • Romance
Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter to stay. Tension rises ... Read allLovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.Lovers Marianne and Jean-Paul spend their vacation in a villa on the French Riviera near St-Tropez. Marianne invites her former lover, Harry, and his teenage daughter to stay. Tension rises between them, especially when Jean-Paul seduces Penelope.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
10K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,878
907
  • Director
    • Jacques Deray
  • Writers
    • Jean-Claude Carrière(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Jacques Deray(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Alain Page(story)
  • Stars
    • Alain Delon
    • Romy Schneider
    • Maurice Ronet
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  • Director
    • Jacques Deray
  • Writers
    • Jean-Claude Carrière(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Jacques Deray(adaptation and dialogue)
    • Alain Page(story)
  • Stars
    • Alain Delon
    • Romy Schneider
    • Maurice Ronet
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    • 36User reviews
    • 52Critic reviews
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    Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, and Maurice Ronet in La Piscine (1969)
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    Romy Schneider in La Piscine (1969)
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    Alain Delon
    Alain Delon
    • Jean-Paul
    Romy Schneider
    Romy Schneider
    • Marianne
    Maurice Ronet
    Maurice Ronet
    • Harry
    Jane Birkin
    Jane Birkin
    • Pénélope
    Paul Crauchet
    Paul Crauchet
    • L'inspecteur Lévêque
    Suzie Jaspard
    • Emilie
    Maddly Bamy
    • La mulâtre qui danse
    • (as Madlybamy)
    Thierry Chabert
    • Un ami
    Steve Eckardt
    • Fred
    • (as Steve Eckart)
    Ruth Price
    Ruth Price
    • Singer
    Stéphanie Fugain
    • Une amie à la party
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jacques Deray
    • Writers
      • Jean-Claude Carrière(adaptation and dialogue)
      • Jacques Deray(adaptation and dialogue)
      • Alain Page(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Alain Delon and Romy Schneider had been real-life partners from 1958 to 1963. They were no longer a couple when this film was shot, but remained good friends after their split. In 1966, Schneider married director Harry Meyen and had put her career on hold to care for her son David. Alain Delon imposed that Schneider should be his costar in "La Piscine" and the film revitalized her career.
    • Goofs
      A body of someone that has just drowned does not float on water. Only after the decaying process has started and gases build up in the body does the body float to the surface.
    • Quotes

      Jean-Paul: You talk a lot about the others, but never a word about Harry.

      Marianne: Because there's nothing to tell.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits shimmer, as though they were being projected onto the surface of the swimming pool.
    • Alternate versions
      English version. As all the cast, except Paul Crauchet, were fluent in English the scenes were shot both in French and in English. This version proves to be funny for the English-by-the-book used in the dialogue (obviously a line by line rendition of the original French script).
    • Connections
      Featured in La vengeance du serpent à plumes (1984)
    • Soundtracks
      Ask Yourself Why
      Music by Michel Legrand

      Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman

      Sung by Ruth Price

    User reviews36

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Pool of conscience
    This fine French crime drama, is not appreciated as it should be. The cast may be the reason, but there is no one, that comes to mind of contemporary French actors, at the time, that could have added something more to this. The centerpiece of this tale, of moral and emotional decadence is the swimming pool by beautiful villa, somewhere near Saint-Tropez and it radiates summer passion, it's turquoise waters filled with guilty conscience, calling for trouble between three old friends and lovers. Burden each of them carries, would lead to crime even without "sweet Jane" stirring it up to boiling point. Her presence is so light and she almost appears as a mirage, in between scenes of old passions, lust and grudges not forgotten.

    The film is everything but slow paced and boring. There is no surplus scene, and I can't imagine how it could be done differently. Of course such films in general are not for audiences of ready-made movies, but for those who will savor Jacques Deray's fine direction, and beautiful cinematography of Jean-Jacques Tarbès. They did a fine job in submerging a willing viewer into exquisite beauty of Romy Schneider, Alen Delon's cool in portrayal of insecure, troubled man that finds his life utterly pointless, Maurice Ronet's subtle acting performance of a successful composer who is afraid of his success, and Jane Birkin's girlish naiveté, ruffle the pool of love and hate. Interraction between Schneider, Delon and Ronet adds another level to it, and the story glides well with every scene serving the story of superficial, emotionless people trapped in their small worlds, in witch they are suffocating. Beautiful film, worth every minute of your time, and not just in cold winter months.
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    • Jun 29, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 1970 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Swimming Pool
    • Filming locations
      • Ramatuelle, Var, France
    • Production companies
      • Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
      • Tritone Cinematografica
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $211,467
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,867
      • May 16, 2021
    • Gross worldwide
      • $215,456
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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