"La Piscine" tells the story of a young and succesfull couple that live in an isolated villa near the seaside. When a mutual friend, more the playboy kind of man, visits them with his young, seductive daughter, their relationship and identities are questioned more and more.
The producers managed to create a thrilled atmosphere full of suspicion and subtile erotic. Indeed you feel dragged into this tiny universe of very complex relations. Objectively seen, not all too much happens in this movie. There's one big bang and the rest is more waiting for something to escalate. But it is especially this dangerous silence that makes for the tension. Additionally, I respect the two lead roles a lot for being able to play a couple after their own history together.
All in all this is probably more something for film lovers or people open-minded towards older movies but it delivers the same plot as the remake with an equal or even better atmospheric approach.
The producers managed to create a thrilled atmosphere full of suspicion and subtile erotic. Indeed you feel dragged into this tiny universe of very complex relations. Objectively seen, not all too much happens in this movie. There's one big bang and the rest is more waiting for something to escalate. But it is especially this dangerous silence that makes for the tension. Additionally, I respect the two lead roles a lot for being able to play a couple after their own history together.
All in all this is probably more something for film lovers or people open-minded towards older movies but it delivers the same plot as the remake with an equal or even better atmospheric approach.