The cast members, especially Acquart and Haenel, have no chemistry, and the water ballet scenes are badly staged. Marie just follows Floriane from rendezvous to rendezvous like a sad little puppy.

Reviewed at Planet Hollywood, Paris, April 28, 2007. (In Cannes Film Festival -- Un Certain Regard). Running time: 85 MIN. With Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere, Adele Haenel, Warren Jacquin ...

Water Lilies (whose French title, Naissance des pieuvres , translates literally but less poetically as Birth of the Octopuses) begins brilliantly as it introduces us to its three central ...

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

Invisible to everyone else, pinched, late-blooming Marie (Pauline Acquart) pairs with Anne (Louise Blachère), a heavy girl with a pasty food-court complexion. Cruelly cloddish on ...

Star rating: *** Dir: Celine Sciamma With: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachere, Adele Haenel Three 15-year-old girls endure the heat of a French summer… ...

Céline Sciamma’s confident debut draws a love triangle between two outcasts—the goofball Anne (Louise Blachère) and the bad girl Floriane (Adèle Haenel)—and the gawky Marie (Pauline Acquart).

Adèle Haenel (born 11 February 1989) is a French actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two César Awards from seven nominations and one Lumières Award from two nominations.