08-05-2020, 03:41 PM
Water Lilies aka Birth of the Octopuses (2007)
I wasn't as bolled over by Céline Sciamma's debut film as much I was with her later ones but I did like it. It's another coming-of-age story about three 15-year-old girls set within the world of synchronized swimming. It's mostly told from the perspective of Marie (Pauline Acquart) who develops feelings for Floriane (Adèle Haenel), which leads her to neglect her friendship with Anne (Louise Blachère). The complicated feelings and self-doubts of the three young women are beautifully explored.
Pauline (2010)
'Pauline' is a short film by Céline Sciamma in which Anaïs Demoustier's title character delivers a monologue towards the camera while lying on her bed. I believe it was commissioned as part of a government initiative to counter homophobia. Pauline intimately talks about her being outed by a boy and ridiculed by the people from her small town. It's intimate and sad but Sciamma's muse Adèle Haenel brings a ray of sunshine in a brief cameo. It's only 8-minutes and the format works strongly but even so, surely there are more interesting ways to do this than in one shot.
I wasn't as bolled over by Céline Sciamma's debut film as much I was with her later ones but I did like it. It's another coming-of-age story about three 15-year-old girls set within the world of synchronized swimming. It's mostly told from the perspective of Marie (Pauline Acquart) who develops feelings for Floriane (Adèle Haenel), which leads her to neglect her friendship with Anne (Louise Blachère). The complicated feelings and self-doubts of the three young women are beautifully explored.
Pauline (2010)
'Pauline' is a short film by Céline Sciamma in which Anaïs Demoustier's title character delivers a monologue towards the camera while lying on her bed. I believe it was commissioned as part of a government initiative to counter homophobia. Pauline intimately talks about her being outed by a boy and ridiculed by the people from her small town. It's intimate and sad but Sciamma's muse Adèle Haenel brings a ray of sunshine in a brief cameo. It's only 8-minutes and the format works strongly but even so, surely there are more interesting ways to do this than in one shot.
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