Swimming Pool

...both actresses are excellent: Rampling aloof but excited about the real-life plot she's caught up in, Sagnier confident and incredibly sexy.

...a two-hander with a nice mix of hostility and complicity as events take a surprising turn...

...a sensuous and deceptive new thriller...

It's easy to be seduced by Ozon's deadly use of silence.

For American audiences, Swimming Pool is as atypical a summer film as they come – no explosions, no car chases, no Arnold – but immensely more pleasing than films with all three of those summertime staples.