Water Lilies
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.
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Cast
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Pauline Acquart
Marie
Known for
Volontaire
Miss Impossible
Louise Blachère
Anne
Known for
Girls with Balls
SODA: le rêve américain
Adèle Haenel
Floriane
Known for
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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Warren Jacquin
François
Christel Baras
L'inspectrice
Known for
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Tomboy
Marie Gili-Pierre
La caissière
Known for
The Midwife
All to Play For
Alice de Lencquesaing
Fille vestiaire
Known for
Inhuman Resources
Chocolat
Claire Pierrat
Fille vestiaire 2
No other roles listed
Barbara Renard
Natacha
No other roles listed
Esther Sironneau
La vendeuse
Also in
A Very Long Engagement
Jérémie Steib
Le masseur
No other roles listed
Yvonne Villemaire
La voisine
No other roles listed
Céline Sciamma Director · Para One Composer Crystel Fournier Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $545K · United States release May 17, 2007 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$544,509
Production
Balthazar Productions
Production
Lilies Films
Production
Arte
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Cofinova 3
Production
Région Ile-de-France
Production
France
Produced in
Les pieuvres
Working title
Languages
Original title
Naissance des pieuvres
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United States · May 17, 2007
Theatrical
France · August 15, 2007
Theatrical · Visa CNC 114934
France
August 27, 2026 · TV · France 4
Germany
July 3, 2008 · Theatrical
Japan
June 28, 2008 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 6, 2008 · Theatrical
August 14, 2008 · Physical · DVD
Norway
April 11, 2008 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 13, 2020 · Theatrical
Spain
July 27, 2020 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 7, 2021 · Theatrical
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