Swimming Pool (2003)
Directed by François Ozon · Cinematography by Yorick Le Saux
R102 min55 frames
CrimeThriller
On the surface, all is calm.
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What is Swimming Pool about?
A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.
Swimming Pool is a 2003 erotic psychological thriller film co-written and directed by François Ozon and starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier. The plot focuses on a British crime novelist, Sarah Morton (Rampling), who travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the arrival of Julie (Sagnier), who claims to be the publisher's daughter, induces complications and a subsequent crime. Both lead characters are bilingual, and the film's dialogue is a mixture of French and English.
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What does the cinematography of Swimming Pool look like?
Across 54 sampled frames, Swimming Pool builds its coverage from medium shots (50% of the sample), with close-ups (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Yorick Le Saux keeps 57% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Swimming Pool?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Swimming Pool (2003) are #2f2f2d, #d2cab1, #53534d, #d3d3c8, #928c74, #46362d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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