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The Swimming Pool

1969 123 min ★ 7.0 Drama, Thriller

Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.

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Cast

Alain Delon

Jean-Paul

Romy Schneider

Marianne

Maurice Ronet

Harry

Jane Birkin

Penelope

Paul Crauchet

L'inspecteur Lévêque

Suzie Jaspard

Emilie

Maddly Bamy

La mulâtre

Thierry Chabert

Un ami

Steve Eckardt

Fred

Ruth Price

Singer (uncredited)

Details

Director

Jacques Deray

Tagline

"The most dangerous love-game ever played"

Status

Released

Original Language

Production

Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie, Tritone Cinematografica

Reviews

CinemaSerf

September 25, 2025

★ 7/10

Now if I was on holiday with my partner enjoying the sunshine, the swimming pool and plenty of sex, I don’t think I’d be very impressed at the arrival of their ex-lover and his teenage daughter. Even more inexplicably, it seems that “Marianne” (Romy Schneider) has actually invited “Harry” (Maurice Ronet) and “Pénélope” (Jane Birkin) to share the villa with the perplexed “Jean-Paul” (Alain Delon). ...