La Piscine | |
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Directed by | Jacques Deray |
Written by | Jacques Deray Jean-Claude Carrière Alain Page |
Starring | Alain Delon Romy Schneider Maurice Ronet Jane Birkin |
Cinematography | Jean-Jacques Tarbès |
Edited by | Paul Cayatte |
Music by | Michel Legrand[1] |
Distributed by | Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie Embassy Pictures (US) |
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Running time | 124 minutes (French version)/114 minutes (English version) |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | French/English (two different versions made) |
Box office | 3,010,464 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.