Swimming Pool (2003)

Swimming Pool: Directed by François Ozon. With Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Jean-Marie Lamour. A British mystery author visits her publisher’s home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.

“This film owes a great deal of gratitude to the second collaboration between Francois Ozon and his leading lady, Charlotte Rampling. They ought to team up more. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs with the previous film, Under the Sand, this is an enigmatic piece of cinema. This film, I believe, has more to do with Sarah Mortonu0026#39;s imagination than with the actual story presented to us. There are so many hidden clues within the story that everyone will have a different take in what is presented in the film and what the actual reality is.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFrancois Ozon is not a boring director. He will always present an interesting story, fully developed, with many twists to get his viewer into going in different directions trying to interpret it all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCharlotte Rampling is magnificent as Sarah Morton, the repressed author of mystery novels. Ludivine Sagnier is very good as the mysterious Julie, the alleged daughter of Sarahu0026#39;s publisher, but now, is she really that person?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enThe ending will baffle the viewer. This is a film that will stay and haunt oneu0026#39;s mind for days.”