Water Lilies2007
It's summer in a new Paris suburb, and there's nothing to do but watch the ceiling — until fifteen-year-olds Marie, Anne, and Floriane cross paths at the local pool. Marie falls hard for Floriane, the alluring leader of the synchronized swim team, while Anne chases a boy from the boys' squad. What follows is a quiet, unflinching summer of friendship, jealousy, and first desire.
A Summer at the Pool, A World of Firsts
Marie and Anne are the awkward outsiders spending their summer watching the local synchronized swim team from the bleachers. When Marie befriends Floriane, the team's magnetic and much-gossiped-about leader, the friendship pulls her away from Anne and into a current she doesn't fully understand yet. Told with Céline Sciamma's now-signature patience and restraint, it's a coming-of-age story about desire, rivalry, and the particular loneliness of being fifteen.
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