Water Lilies

Marie (Pauline Acquart) badly wants a place on the synchronized swimming team at her local pool, though whether it is the sport or Floriane (Adèle Haenel), the team's most admired and most reckless girl, drawing her in is not clear even to her. It is one sultry summer in a French suburb. Céline Sciamma, in her first feature, keeps the camera close and unhurried on the girls' bodies and uncertain glances.