A Bigger Splash
Rock legend Marianne Lane is recuperating on the volcanic island of Pantelleria with her partner Paul when cocky record producer and old flame Harry unexpectedly arrives with his petulant and sexy daughter Penelope and interrupts their holiday. Jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios ensue.
Some clothes get ripped off, while others get put back on in this remake of Jacques Deray’s LA PISCINE (1969) by Italian director Luca Guadagnino (IO SONO L’AMORE). A BIGGER SPLASH transposes the original story from the French Riviera to Pantelleria, a volcanic, windswept Sicilian island that heaves with the same violence as the character’s emotions.
Luca Guadagnino, Italy, France, 2015, 124 min. English & Italian spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson, Aurore Clement.