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Girls Can't Swim
1999
Even though they grew up in opposite parts of France, Gwen (Isild Le Besco) and Lise (Karen Alyx) are best friends and spend every summer vacation together on the Brittany coast where Gwen lives and Lise's family has a summer home. But this summer is different because Lise's family isn't going on vacation for reasons that she .. Read more
| Starring | Isild Le Besco, Karen Alyx, Yelda Reynaud, Pascale Bussieres |
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| Director | Anne-Sophie Birot |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
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Girls Can't Swim
Even though they grew up in opposite parts of France, Gwen (Isild Le Besco) and Lise (Karen Alyx) are best friends and spend every summer vacation together on the Brittany coast where Gwen lives and Lise's family has a summer home. But this summer is different because Lise's family isn't going on vacation for reasons that she won't explain to Gwen. Sick of her parents bickering about money and missing her bosom buddy, Gwen finds a boyfriend and mingles with some horny out-of-towners. Now fifteen, she's discovered that summer can be fun even if Lise isn't there. Then suddenly, Lise shows up at Gwen's house uninvited to stay for a couple of weeks. The following days are filled with unexpected surprises, causing the girls to reevaluate the importance of their friendship and the nature of their teenage anxieties. Anne-Sophie Birot's first feature delicately captures the intimacy and uncertainty between two teenage girls whose lives are teetering on the verge of adulthood. The performances by newcomers Isild Le Besco and Karen Alyx are impressive for the subtle shifts in mood they express between wanting to be independent of one another while still remaining inseparable.
This film was screened as part of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2001 festival organized by The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.
| Starring | Isild Le Besco, Karen Alyx, Yelda Reynaud, Pascale Bussieres, Pascal Elso, Marie Riviere, Sandrine Blancke, Julien Cottereau, Yel |
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| Director | Anne-Sophie Birot |
| Studio | MILLIVRES MULTIMEDIA / LACE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1999 To Rent: DVD: 08 Sep 2003 |
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"...Rich and insightful....Its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else is acute enough to make everyone who has been there squirm with recognition..."
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Full of atmosphere and tension,this drama kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. Moody camerawork adds to the artistic link in the storyline.The high ... read more »
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Although I appreciate the film appears at first to be about 2 teens struggling to identify themselves with their sexuality, I found it to be a poorly executed ... read more »
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A very patchy film, quite literally as a good deal of it seemed to be shot in the dead of night with no discernible silhouettes or lighting to relieve the gloom... read more »
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This is a film I rented because of a supposed Lesbian theme, which is does have but its more straight than lesbo, there is no action at all and the film is ... read more »
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Girls Can't Swim
Even though they grew up in opposite parts of France, Gwen (Isild Le Besco) and Lise (Karen Alyx) are best friends and spend every summer vacation together on the Brittany coast where Gwen lives and Lise's family has a summer home. But this summer is different because Lise's family isn't going on ...
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