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 ...

Set in 18th-century Brittany, the film stars Adèle Haenel – who worked with Sciamma on Water Lilies, and with whom the director was in a relationship for a number of years – as Héloïse.

The MFA’s newly reimagined Gallery 252, which is dedicated to Claude Monet’s work, has found its centerpiece in “Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows” (1916-1919), a powerful work ...

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 ...

Translating quite literally to Birth of Octopuses, Water Lilies is Celine Sciamma’s first feature as a writer and director. The film also marked her first collaboration with DOP Crystel Fournier ...

Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.