Water Lilies

Name: Water Lilies
Genre: Drama
Released: April 4, 2008
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 67

2008

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Koch Lorber Films | Release Date: April 4, 2008 | Not Rated

Summary: It's summer, and the girls' winning synchronized swimming team is in full swing at the vast municipal swimming pool and social hub in the Paris suburb of Cergy. It's here that Floriane, a shapely blonde with come-hither looks, is a valued performer and star of the social set. Although Marie isn't on the team, is small for her age, and isIt's summer, and the girls' winning synchronized swimming team is in full swing at the vast municipal swimming pool and social hub in the Paris suburb of Cergy. It's here that Floriane, a shapely blonde with come-hither looks, is a valued performer and star of the social set. Although Marie isn't on the team, is small for her age, and is flat-chested, she becomes Floriane's confidante and cover for the budding siren's assignations, often at the expense of Marie's best friend, Anne. The aching doubts and offhanded cruelty of 15- and 16-year-old girls is on full display in this rich coming-of-age tale. [Koch Lorber Films]… Expand

Director: Céline Sciamma

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Richard James Havis

Although a little too open-ended to be wholly satisfying, Water Lilies is still an excellent directorial debut. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

It's a world where every emotion feels like the earth moving, and where the shifting tectonics of young lust and friendship, along with the lifelong lessons of a broken heart, have never felt more real. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Though the material is familiar, Sciamma has a light touch and avoids many teen-movie cliches. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

The elegant Water Lilies is not about answers but about discovery of self and of others in all its pain and pleasure. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Dismissed in some quarters as trash because it depicts a sexual act (of sorts) between two teenage girls, Water Lilies struck me instead as a hypnotic and wholly convincing look at teen culture from the inside, with all its courage, cruelty and unspoken codes of silence intact. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Though Water Lilies endlessly teases the audience with its sapphic subtext and young female flesh, Sciamma seems most interested in showing how extremely cruel adolescent girls can be to each other. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

With no adults to add melodrama, the sweet Water Lilies depends on the emotion in its young performers' faces to move forward. Read full review

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Itsmaya

Feb 6, 2021

The movie is not bad but there where things in it that annoyed me, for example the main characters developments during the movie.
The acting was on point tho!

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