LA PISCINE BLU-RAY

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LA PISCINE aka THE SWIMMING POOL BLU-RAY

Alain Delon, Romy Schneider, and a young Jane Birkin star in LA PISCINE, aka THE SWIMMING POOL, one of the most seductive thrillers in French cinema.

Under the blazing French Riviera sun, golden bodies bask beside a crystal-blue pool while desire, jealousy, and resentment simmer beneath the surface.

Jean-Paul (Delon) and Marianne (Schneider) are spending an idyllic summer together at a secluded Saint-Tropez villa, lazily passing their days beside its shimmering pool. Their private paradise is shattered by Harry, (Maurice Ronet), a swaggering record producer and Marianne’s former lover, accompanied by his beautiful eighteen-year-old daughter, Pénélope (Birkin).

The languor of the Mediterranean summer gradually gives way to rivalry and suspicion. As old passions resurface between Harry and Marianne, Jean-Paul seeks retribution by turning his attentions towards the quietly bored Pénélope. What begins as a chic game of glances and unspoken desires steadily spirals towards a dark and irreversible climax – as one fateful night turns the water deadly.

Stylish, sensual, and increasingly sinister, LA PISCINE reunites two of European cinema’s most magnetic stars. In an on-disc interview, Delon reveals he insisted producers cast Schneider, without whom the film couldn’t be made – a tantalising detail given their celebrated real-life romance; though it had ended, their palpable chemistry forms the film’s very essence.

Driven by Oscar® winner Michel Legrand’s hypnotic, jazz-infused score and stunning cinematography, this iconic 1960s classic finally receives its definitive presentation: exclusively regraded and newly encoded from a pristine 4K restoration.

It remains a defining psychological thriller of its era, starring what critics called “the most outrageously photogenic actors to ever appear on screen!”

SPECIAL FEATURES: LA PISCINE aka THE SWIMMING POOL     [Blu-Ray Full-HD 1080p]

• Interviews with Alain Delon, Jane Birkin et al. in ‘La Piscine, 50 Years Later‘
• Christina Newland (Award-Winning film critic & broadcaster) Exclusive in-depth appraisal of La Piscine
• International Theatrical Trailer (English)
• French Theatrical Trailer

LA PISCINE comes in three different versions: Presented in Full-HD 1080p
(1) French Original [English subtitles] 122’
(2) French Original with the alternate ending 123’ + with English subtitles.
(3) English Version 119’ filmed in English as a separate shoot with optional additional SDH