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 Barnes & Noble Filmmaker Francois Ozon, contemporary French cinemas master of eroticism, outdoes himself with this sultry thriller, a Hitchcockian exercise bound up in guilt, panic, and deceit, and additionally laced with overt sexuality. It provides a great leading role for the charming Charlotte Rampling, here playing a celebrated English mystery writer offered the loan of a French villa by her publisher (Charles Dance). The tired, repressed author is annoyed when her privacy is shattered by the unexpected arrival of her hosts daughter (Ludivine Sagnier), a voluptuous little sexpot who brings men to the villa for sexual adventures and even seduces one of the older womans potential paramours. Up to this point the film is little more than tawdry melodrama, but Ozon takes a sharp left turn by having Ramplings character commit an uncharacteristic act that she spends the rest of the movie attempting to conceal. The storytelling is unusually facile (for Ozon, anyway), although the pacing is a bit slow by Hollywood standards. Ultimately its Ramplings audacious performance that distinguishes Swimming Pool, although shes ably supported by the fetching Sagnier, a swift-rising starlet and favorite of the director. If youre in the mood for a sophisticated, engrossing tale of suspense, look no further. Ed Hulse Interested in the song lyrics? - Check out themostlyrics.com! Looking For A DVD? - Check out dvd-a-rama.com! |
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