Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, and a young Jane Birkin star in LA PISCINE, aka THE SWIMMING POOL, one of the most seductive thrillers in French cinema. Under the blazing French Riviera sun, golden bodies bask beside a crystal-blue pool while desire, jealousy, and resentment simmer beneath the surface. Jean-Paul (Delon) and Marianne (Schneider) are spending an idyllic summer together at a secluded Saint-Tropez villa, lazily passing their days beside its shimmering pool. Their private paradise is shattered by Harry, (Maurice Ronet), a swaggering record producer and Marianne's former lover, accompanied by his beautiful eighteen-year-old daughter, Pénélope (Birkin). The languor of the Mediterranean summer gradually gives way to rivalry and suspicion. As old passions resurface between Harry and Marianne, Jean-Paul seeks retribution by turning his attentions towards the quietly bored Pénélope. What begins as a chic game of glances and unspoken desires steadily spirals towards a dark and irreversible climax - as one fateful night turns the water deadly. Stylish, sensual, and increasingly sinister, LA PISCINE reunites two of European cinema's most magnetic stars. In an on-disc interview, Delon reveals he insisted producers cast Schneider, without whom the film couldn't be made - a tantalising detail given their celebrated real-life romance; though it had ended, their palpable chemistry forms the film's very essence.
- Region Code:
- Region A,B,C
- Duration:
- 123 minutes
- Original Language:
- French
- Extras:
- Language(s): French, English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1 - 1.66:1, 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, Documentaries: ''La Piscine', 50 Years Later', Three versions of the film included: French original (122 min.); French original with alternate ending (123 min.); English version (119 min.); In-depth appraisal of 'La Piscine' by Christina Newland (film critic/broadcaster), Trailers