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Deep Water

Deep Water

Drama · Thriller · 1981

On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.

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Deep Water

1981 Drama · Thriller 1h 35m

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michel Deville

Written by

Christopher Frank · Florence Delay · Michel Deville

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Mélanie

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Vic

Christian Benedetti

Christian Benedetti

Carlo

B

Bertrand Bonvoisin

Carpentier

Philippe Clévenot

Philippe Clévenot

Henri Valette

M

Martine Costes

Julie's Mother

Evelyne Didi

Evelyne Didi

Evelyn Cowan

Court is in session

Put Deep Water on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.