11/11/2002

Swimming Pool, the new film directed by François Ozon is scheduled for release in France in March 2003. The announcement was made on 9 November during the DVD launch of Ozon’s 8 Women.
Swimming Pool, Ozon’s sixth feature film, was made on location in France and England during the summer of 2002 and is currently in post-production. Both female leads, Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier have worked with the director before, respectively in Beneath the Sand and Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes and the aforementioned 8 Women.
Swimming Pool was produced by Ozon’s habitual production partners, Marc Missionnier and Olivier Delbosc’s Fidélité Productions who, in partnership with the UK’s Timothy Burril, Canal+ and France 2, came up with the Euros 6.1 million budget.

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