The Pool
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- Synopsis
- American Movie director Chris Smith makes the shift from documentary specialist to feature-film director with this Hindi-language drama concerning a young hotel employee whose obsession with an opulent swimming pool at a nearby house gradually turns ......
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- Starring
- Venkatesh Chavan, Jhangir Badshah, Ayesha Mohan, Nana Patekar, Malcom Faria
- Director(s)
- Chris Smith
- Distributor(s)
- Vitagraph Films
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 95 min.
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Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
Smith transfers an Iowa-based short story by Randy Russell to India's western Goa region -- and works in Hindi, primarily with novice actors. The result is a story both authentically specific and profoundly global.Read the full review
The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri LindenAdd Critic to Favorites
Uplifting without a drop of sap, the tale of a boy's obsession with a glittering swimming pool and how it changes four lives offers numerous pleasures and one of the most satisfying and resonant conclusions to be seen in recent cinema.Read the full review
The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites
In the manner of a Satyajit Ray film, The Pool avoids melodrama, the better to capture the texture of Venkatesh's vagabond life.Read the full review
