
Three girls, each about 15, deal with puberty, the onset of sexual attraction, and, for two, the pressure of virginity. Marie, who's slight and diffident, quiet and nearly expressionless, is friends with Anne, who's a bit chunky and impulsive and has decided that François will be her first love. Watching synchronized swimming, Marie is suddenly attracted to the team captain Floriane--beautiful, aloof, tall, and rumored to be a slut. François pursues her and Marie begins to ... (Full plot summary below)
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Three girls, each about 15, deal with puberty, the onset of sexual attraction, and, for two, the pressure of virginity. Marie, who's slight and diffident, quiet and nearly expressionless, is friends with Anne, who's a bit chunky and impulsive and has decided that François will be her first love. Watching synchronized swimming, Marie is suddenly attracted to the team captain Floriane--beautiful, aloof, tall, and rumored to be a slut. François pursues her and Marie begins to hang around her; they trade favors, and an odd friendship forms. Each experiences her own first, and Marie must sort out attraction and friendship.
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| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenGirls just wanna have fun but the trio of adolescents in 'Water Lilies' have anxieties that act against that natural desire. |
| Sky CinemaRob DanielShort, sweet and modest, like Floriane's aquatic sport Water Lilies is pretty and dainty to the eye, but there is a raging torrent of activity beneath the surface. |
| Film4Saxon BullockA universe away from everyday American teen movies, this engaging and empathetic portrait of teenage life is packed full of stylish moments. |
| Slant MagazineNick SchagerWater Lilies sees female adolescence as an uncomfortable, embarrassing phase full of painful self-consciousness and frustrated desire. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...a coming of age tale that is at once raw and beautiful. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)If poetry is about finding the perfect words to say something, then movie poetry is about finding perfect images. And Water Lilies has several of them. |
| Time OutDave CalhounLanguid, sorrowful and strange, French filmmaker Céline Sciamma's debut as a feature writer-director is a sensitive and daring portrait of female adolescence that's curious about all longings, sexual confusions and grey areas of desire. |
| The SpectatorDeborah RossThis is a brave film, and admirable for that. It's brave because it's sparse and stripped to the bone; because it's about teenage girls but it doesn't hide behind cell phones and make-up and fashion and annoying parents who just don't understand. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittIf poetry is about finding the perfect words to say something, then movie poetry is about finding perfect images. And Water Lilies has several of them. |
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