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Water Lilies is a french film of genre Drama directed by Céline Sciamma released in USA on 17 may 2007 with Pauline Acquart
Water Lilies (2007)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 may 2007
Length 1h25
Directed by Céline Sciamma
OriginFrance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Transport films, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating66%
Water Lilies (French: Naissance des Pieuvres meaning "birth of the octopuses") is a 2006 French drama film and the debut as a screenwriter and director of Céline Sciamma.
Synopsis
The film tracks the sexual awakenings of three 15-year-old female friends in a middle class suburb of Paris over the course of a single summer. Finding privacy in the solitude of the swimming pool locker room, blossoming teens Marie (Pauline Acquart), Anne (Louise Blachère) and Floriane (Adèle Haenel) come to learn the true meaning of arousal and the power of sexual attraction.Actors
Pauline Acquart
(Marie)
Adèle Haenel
(Floriane)
Louise Blachère
(Anne)
Marie Gili-Pierre
(Cashier)
Céline Sciamma
(McDonald's Cashier (uncredited))
Alice de Lencquesaing
(Locker Room Girl)
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