Friday 29 November 2013

Swimming Pool

Quite an elegant film. Mostly in English but large parts in French - since it takes place mostly in the south of France.
The plot develops slowly, just like a relationship when two people are thrown together unexpectedly; trying to be civilised because of a mutual friend but not really succeeding. Mysterious events from the past are hinted at and suddenly a bloody murder is exposed bringing the two lead characters together in a perverse bond. And that would be that, except for the head-spinning twist in the tail.
A cleverly worked psychological melodrama full of artifice and a beguiling performance from Charlotte Rampling.
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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