Water Lilies (Naissance Des Pieuvres) (2007) Review

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This is a brave film, and admirable for that. It's brave because it's sparse and stripped to the bone; because it's about teenage girls but it doesn't hide ...
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.

May 20, 2007 · Water Lilies turns out to be not at all the gentle, slightly kitsch comedy it initially resembles: increasingly, it touches on similar terrain ...
Dir/scr: Celine Sciamma. France 2007. 85 mins Every Cannes festival brings at least one sexually delicate French coming-of-age drama, and while Water Lilies is hardly mould-breaking, it's certainly an affecting and more than competent addition to the genre. Set against the eccentric background of synchronised swimming, Celine Sciamma's debut is ...

Naissance des pieuvres Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of ...
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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Mar 13, 2008 · A very provocative and stylish drama set in the world of teenage girls' synchronised swimming. Like the pool itself, it is a humid, self-enclosed universe.
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May 6, 2008 · Portrait of young girls in flower. Water Lilies is a well-made first film from France about young female sexuality and friendship.

Jul 7, 2020 · Water Lilies' plot centers around three 15–year–old teenage girls, each involved in their local synchronized swim team.
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Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres) is a French film with English-subtitles that follows three teenage girls… by coldsteem

Although a little too open-ended to be wholly satisfying, Water Lilies is still an excellent directorial debut. By Richard James Havis FULL REVIEW.
It's summer, and the girls' winning synchronized swimming team is in full swing at the vast municipal swimming pool and social hub in the Paris suburb of Cergy. It's here that Floriane, a shapely blonde with come-hither looks, is a valued performer and star of the social set. Although Marie isn't on the team, is small for her age, and is flat-chested, she becomes Floriane's confidante and cover for the budding siren's assignations, often at the expense of Marie's best friend, Anne. The aching doubts and offhanded cruelty of 15- and 16-year-old girls is on full display in this rich coming-of-age tale. [Koch Lorber Films]

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A review from Caroline Levy for the Femme Filmmakers Festival of Céline Sciamma’s 2007 debut film Water Lilies.

May 11, 2020 · Water Lilies' conclusion is bittersweet, yet ultimately empowering. Floriane is left dancing alone at a party. Marie, having given up on the ...
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Water Lilies (Naissance Des Pieuvres)

Aug 16, 2012 · All of the film's unrelenting feminine anxiety is showcased through the physically underdeveloped fifteen year old Marie, and the girls that ...
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