Girls Can't Swim
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Anne-sophie Birot
Isild Le Besco
Karen Alyx
Pascale Bussières
Pascal Elso
Marie Rivière
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Though living far apart, teens Gwen and Lise are bosom buddies. Their loyalty to each other supercedes almost every other relationship in their lives. Gwen lives by the seaside with her parents, a fisherman father and housewife mother. She is rather insouciant--a bouncy, good-natured, tousle-haired blonde with Rubenesque charm. Gwen does the usual teenage things, like hanging out with friends, sleeping on the beach and finding hideaways to have sex with her boyfriend. But most of all, she looks forward to letters from Lise. In contrast to Gwen, Lise is red-haired, thinner, more intense and less easygoing. She has never known her father. Her escape is her aquarium and the fish that are her obsession. When a dramatic change in her life causes great confusion, she takes off for Brittany to see Gwen.
Director
Anne-sophie Birot
Cast
Isild Le Besco
Karen Alyx
Pascale Bussières
Pascal Elso
Marie Rivière
Yelda Reynaud
Sandrine Blancke
Julien Cottereau
Dominique Lacarriere
Crew
Anne-sophie Birot
Ernest Chausson
Pascale Chavance
Yvon Cremin
Nathalie Durand
Brigitte Faure
Xavier Griette
Christophe Honoré
Philippe Jacquier
Brigitte Lauber
Thierry Mauvoisin
Yvon Moreno
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States July 19, 2002
Released in United States June 2001
Released in United States March 2001
Released in United States September 2000
Released in United States Spring April 19, 2002
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (World Cinema) August 24 - September 4, 2000.
Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 5-10, 2001.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery) September 7 - 16, 2000.
Feature directorial debut for Anne-Sophie Birot.
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (World Cinema) August 24 - September 4, 2000.)
Released in United States March 2001 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of program "Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Today" March 9-18, 2001.)
Released in United States Spring April 19, 2002 (NY)
Released in United States June 2001 (Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 5-10, 2001.)
Released in United States July 19, 2002 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Discovery) September 7 - 16, 2000.)
