Guido, an acclaimed writer, leads a seemingly perfect life with his wife and daughter, but his restless search for inspiration leads him into the arms of Giulia, a charming and mysterious swim instructor who's hiding a secret.
Acting
Golino's sphinx-like mystery — you never quite trust her smile.
Cinematography
Pools as mirrors, prisons, and possibilities.
Director
Giuseppe Piccioni
Valerio Mastandrea
Guido Montani
Valeria Golino
Giulia
Sonia Bergamasco
Benedetta Montani
Antónia Lišková
Eva
Piera Degli Esposti
Attilia
Domiziana Cardinali
Costanza Montani
Jacopo Maria Bicocchi
Enrico Giussi
Sara Tosti
Sofia
Chiara Nicola
Viola
Fabio Camilli
Eugenio
Saša Vulićević
Father Rosario
Lidia Vitale
Policewoman
Paolo Sassanelli
Bruno
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Piccioni uses swimming pools as visual metaphors for suspension — characters floating between identities, unable to touch bottom.
Valeria Golino learned basic swimming instruction techniques and spent weeks in actual prison environments to prepare, though the production kept her specific training location secret.
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