La Piscine (The Swimming Pool)

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SOLD OUT | La Piscine (The Swimming Pool)
Directed by Jacques Deray
(France/Italy, 1963, French and English with English subtitles)

“The bright sun of the French Riviera is deceptive in this alluring work of slow-burn suspense from thriller specialist Jacques Deray. Formerly one of European cinema’s most iconic real-life couples, Alain Delon and Romy Schneider reunited for this film, bringing a palpable erotic chemistry as the bronzed and beautiful vacationers whose summer holiday on the Côte d’Azur is interrupted by the arrival of an old acquaintance (Maurice Ronet) and 18-year-old daughter (Jane Birkin)—unleashing a gathering wave of sexual tension, jealousy, and sudden violence. A paragon of 1960s modernist cool thanks to effortlessly chic clothes and a loungy Michel Legrand score, La Piscine (The Swimming Pool) dives deep to reveal sinister undercurrents roiling beneath its seductive surfaces.” —Criterion Collection

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