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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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CrimeDramaRomance
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
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POPULARITY
5,103
446
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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
    Top credits
    • 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
    • 53Critic reviews

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    Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, and Maurice Ronet in La Piscine (1969)
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    Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, and Maurice Ronet in La Piscine (1969)
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    Alain Delon and 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)
    • All cast & crew
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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

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    7/10
    Torpor in St Tropez
    A French drama; A story about crime in a sumptuous idyll in the South of France. Still air. Full Mediterranean sun. One pool. Two lovers. Two guests. One an old acquaintance to one and a former lover to another; the other his daughter, a mystery to all. Hedonism, sensuality, eroticism, sexual longing, anxiety and unfulfillment all lead to a weakness for one and their dastardly deed. A film so slow moving and as enervating as the heat of the sun over the villa, could easily be hard viewing. But, the camera loves these beautiful chic people and the intrigue they create.
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    • Jul 1, 2018

    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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