泳池情杀案

早已功成名就的女性神秘小说家莎拉•莫顿（CharlotteRampling夏洛特•汉普林饰）却为新作烦恼不已，在出版商约翰•布兰德（CharlesDance查理士•当斯饰）的建议下，她来到约翰的家乡别墅，一面休养，一面寻找灵感。乡间的悠哉生活使莎拉从久居伦敦的疲惫中解脱出来，尽情享受着难得的休闲时光。某晚，自称约翰女儿的茱莉（LudivineSagnier卢蒂文•萨尼埃饰）不宣而至，茱莉开朗、张扬、放荡，与古板莎拉格格不入。莎拉的创作计划被打乱，而一丝不祥的气息也悄然弥漫开来……本片荣获2003年欧洲电影界最佳女主角奖（夏洛特•汉普林）、2003年曼谷国际电影节最佳影片奖。©豆瓣

1. "Past certain age, a man without a family can be a bad thing." That applies to women as well. I saw erotic fantasies, naive jealousy and suppressed desires of this middle-aged woman, in addition to the depressing dilapidation and disconcerting music. 2. The narrative delicacy (or should I say consecutive nuisances) was undisturbed until the end, which makes a quite uncanny movie. However I have to say importers/translators have a talent of ruining surprises.

3. Crime fiction writers might be the most pathological occupation in the world, combining sinuous maneuvering of a criminal and unsteadiness and insecurity of a writer. Ah, maybe the director of a movie about a psycho writer conducting nasty businesses can be worse.