The painfully spot-on essence of teen angst meets the spirit of Esther Williams in "Water Lilies." ... Anne (Louise Blachere). Big ... Cochener. Reviewed at Planet Hollywood, Paris, April 28, 2007.

Movie review: "Water Lilies," Céline Sciamma's drama about three adolescent girls linked by synchronized swimming, is insightful but frustratingly constrained in scope.

Water Lilies: Drama. Starring Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere and Adele Haenel. Directed by Celine Sciamma. (Not rated. 85 minutes. In French with English titles. At Bay Area theaters. For ...

Water Lilies (whose French title, Naissance des pieuvres , translates literally but less poetically as Birth of the Octopuses) begins brilliantly as it… Water Lilies | KPBS Public Media ...

If high school were a French movie, it’d be “Water Lilies,” a portrait of sexual angst in the underage-girl set. Watch a sex siren perform aqua-acrobatics and her sullen suitor pout for 80 ...

Water Lilies. NEW YORK -- This French feature takes a dispassionate look at teenage lesbianism and female rites-of-passage issues. The clinical approach, while short on emotional displays ...

The painfully spot-on essence of teen angst meets the spirit of Esther Williams in "Water Lilies." First film by gifted scripter-helmer Celine Sciamma nails the aching doubts and offhanded cruelty ...