La Piscine (film)

La Piscine
French film poster
Directed byJacques Deray
Written byJacques Deray
Jean-Claude Carrière
Alain Page [fr]
StarringAlain Delon
Romy Schneider
Maurice Ronet
Jane Birkin
CinematographyJean-Jacques Tarbès [fr]
Edited byPaul Cayatte
Music byMichel Legrand[1]
Distributed bySociété Nouvelle de Cinématographie

Variety Distribution

Embassy Pictures (US)
Release dates
  • 31 January 1969 (1969-01-31) (France)
  • 5 April 1969 (1969-04-05) (Italy)
Running time
124 minutes (French version)/114 minutes (English version)
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench/English (two different versions made)
Box office3,010,464 admissions (France)[2][3]

La Piscine (The Swimming Pool)[4] is a 1969 psychological thriller film directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, and Jane Birkin.

Set in summertime on the Côte d'Azur, it is a drama of sexual jealousy and possessiveness. Both French and English-language versions of the film were made, with the actors filmed speaking English for the international release, which was unusual at a time when movies were always either dubbed or subtitled. The 114-minute international release, shorter than the French version, also had a slightly different editing.

  1. ^ "The Rest of Michel Legrand's Feather". Los Angeles Times. 15 March 1970. p. 46.
  2. ^ "La piscine". Box Office Story. Archived from the original on 19 September 2014.
  3. ^ "La Piscine (2021 re-release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  4. ^ Bessy, Maurice [in French]; Chirat, Raymond [in French]; Bernard, André [in French] (eds.). Histoire du Cinéma Français 1966–1970. ISBN 9782857043799.