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LA RENTREE 2008... BEFORE YOU GET REALLY BUSY... VENEZ NOMBREUX! PLEASE
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Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres, 2008) at COFFEE DEPOT,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 7:30 PM - FREE ADMISSION! ARRIVE EARLY FOR SEATS AND
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Contains moderate sex and nudity<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>"Sapphic love and
synchronised swimming make unlikely but surprisingly sweet bedfellows in
Water Lilies, the first feature from writer-director Céline Sciamma. Set
in a bland Parisian suburb during a sultry summer it stars newcomer
Pauline Acquart as Marie, a gangly teen who's desperate to join the
synchronised swim team. Or is she? Perhaps she's just desperate to kiss
slutty bad girl Floriane (Adèle Haenel)... Unfolding with a slow, steady
certainty, this touching tale dives headfirst into the deep end of
hormonal angst.<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4>Straight out of film school, debut
writer-director Céline Sciamma offers a sympathetic, though sometimes
ironic, take on these girls' desires. Playing up the perpetual threat of
embarrassment, she captures the uncomfortable awkwardness of adolescence
perfectly: Marie is concerned she has one arm longer than the other;
meanwhile her ugly duckling friend Anne (Louise Blachère) strips off at
inappropriate moments in a tragically desperate attempt to woo the
school's swim jock (Warren Jacquin). With no parents around, these girls
are forced to make their own way. As we watch their ungainly flailing,
the film's cryptic French title ("Birth Of Octopuses") suddenly
makes sense."<br>
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