Water Lilies

May. 17,2007      NR
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Pauline Acquart as  Marie
Louise Blachère as  Anne
Adèle Haenel as  Floriane
Warren Jacquin as  François
Christel Baras as  Inspector
Marie Gili-Pierre as  Cashier
Alice de Lencquesaing as  Locker Room Girl
Esther Sironneau as  Saleswoman
Christophe Vandevelde as  Box Type Man
Céline Sciamma as  McDonald's Cashier (uncredited)

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