An Englishwoman living in France with her husband and baby daughter is abruptly confronted by a backpacker, who demands to be allowed to pitch her tent nearby. The two women grow closer and share a series of potentially dangerous encounters, culminating in disaster. Also includes a short film, A SUMMER DRESS, in which a young man on a beach encounters a mysterious woman. A pair of precisely detailed films from French newcomer Ozon.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Shorts: A SUMMER DRESS (1998)
Production Interviews: Sasha Hails - Star
Trailers:
1. Original Theatrical Trailer
2. WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies: Francois Ozon
Biographies: Francois Ozon - Director
Writer
Francois Ozon: French director, SWIMMING POOL
Director of Photography
Yorick Le Saux: Director of Photography
Review 1:
"...Evocative....Clinging psychological horror....Unnerves by holding back..." -- Rating: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.62 09/18/1998
Review 2:
"...Seemingly casual yet superbly controlled..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C21 10/02/1998
Review 3:
"...What Ozon knows about sex is like what Hitchcock knows about suspense: Not the explosion, but the waiting for the bomb to go off..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.31 01/15/1999
Review 4:
"[Ozon] at his considerable, boundary-testing best on a small canvas."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.86-87 06/01/2008
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