UWP Lecturers French Film Series Tonight

[John Ganim]

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>PLEASE COME TO THE FIRST FRENCH FILM OF LA 
>RENTREE 2008... BEFORE YOU GET REALLY BUSY... 
>VENEZ NOMBREUX! PLEASE TELL YOUR STUDENTS AND FRIENDS!
>  Water Lilies (Naissance des pieuvres, 2008) at 
> COFFEE DEPOT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 7:30 PM - 
> FREE ADMISSION! ARRIVE EARLY FOR SEATS AND EATS
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>Reviewed by 
><http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/gateways/author/russelljamie/>Jamie Russell
>Updated 05 March 2008
>Contains moderate sex and nudity
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><http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2008/03/10/water_lilies_2008_review.shtml>http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2008/03/10/water_lilies_2008_review.shtml
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>"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.
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>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."
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