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Water Lilies

Water Lilies

6.6(436 votes)
2007
1h 25m
DramaRomance

Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.

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Production

Companies:
Balthazar Productions
Lilies Films

Languages

Original:fr
Spoken:
French

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