A tense standoff plays out even though neither side understands what the other is even doing there: The gulf between the holidaying party and the people around them is socially vast, but geographically tiny. By weaving the realities of the Mediterranean island's refugee crisis into the updated plot, there's topical seriousness too. There, with icy and warm chatter flowing on rivers of booze, the characters circle one another as Mr. Guadagnino, working from David Kajganichs script, fills in the background with wayward looks, wanton caresses and flashbacks. [16], In February 2015, Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired U.S distribution rights to the film. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 89%, based on 184 reviews. A Bigger Splash review: Tilda Swinton is again Luca Guadagnino's muse in the sly erotic thriller Image Video Audio An American rock star and filmmaker couple, Marianne and Paul, are holidaying in Italy when a former lover and his daughter show up. [14] The second clip from the film was released on 15 January 2016. The firstA Bigger Splashfilming location is not on the main location of Pantelleria, its inMilan. Marianne convinces them with the truth that she was asleep, and suggests that the murderer was an intruder. While they are out mingling with the crowds at a local festival, Harry toe-curlingly insists on taking Marianne to a bar with a karaoke machine, dangerously forcing her to be on display, like a drug-dealer getting a former customer to tumble back off the wagon, exploiting her celebrity and feeding off it. Basically every single protagonist in this film is extremely annoying but by far the worst is Ralph Fiennes as Harry Hawkes. Subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. While she rests her voice after throat surgery, a David Bowie-esque rock legend, Marianne (Tilda Swinton), and her documentary-filmmaker boyfriend of 6 years, Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts), relax in the remote Italian paradise of Pantelleria. 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Starring Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, and Dakota Johnson, the film is loosely based on the 1969 Jacques Deray film La Piscine[3] and named after the 1967 David Hockney painting of the same name. She is saving her voice while vacationing peacefully with filmmaker boyfriend Paul De Smedt (Matthias Schoenaerts) on a remote Italian island. I saw the trailer for this movie at the cinemas and thought it looked interesting, and then I accidentally sponsored it to be added to the movie trivia app Popcorn Trivia, alongside my intended title Splash (1984), so I was definitely going to watch it. It also helps to have an A-list cast of superb actors along for the trip. The getaway-retreat scenario is a common film device for creating a chaotic crossroad where divergent character types can bring their shady pasts, chronic problems and deviant desires. Set in the beautiful Pantellaria, and often around an enticing swimming pool, what seems like an above-board retreat soon turns pretty sour. [12], The first international teaser trailer was released on 1 October 2015. After drinking on his own, Harry comes back very late and starts a fight with Paul beside the pool. While the film is hit-and-miss, Ralph Fiennes is a total riot. Her muteness feels like a clunky addition that doesnt serve a purpose, and is yet another questionable decision from the director. At times, as with the topical references to refugees (a few of whom are seen huddled in detention), these glimpses of the larger, agonizing world are clearly meant to say something about the characters and their insularity. Then a catastrophe happens. Marianne and Paul pull up to the arrivals terminal at Pantelleria Airport. A Bigger Splash is an Italian-French erotic drama (with English dialogue) thats inspired by the 1969 film, La Piscine. Marianne, a pop star whos recovering from vocal surgery, goes on a holiday with her boyfriend Paul, only to find her old flame Harry is there with his daughter, Penelope. The Graham Norton Show: Ralph Fiennes/Tracey Ullman/James Nesbitt/James Bay. ", "2016 IndieWire Critics Poll: Full List of Results", "San Francisco Film Critics Circle Nominations! Every character were annoying and not likable at all. A Bigger Splash is a 2015 psychological drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and with a screenplay by David Kajganich from a story by Alain Page. Best wishes, James. So, as you must gather, I had a great time and I'll wait for the next Guadagnino with childish anticipation. In A Bigger Splash, Marianne has undergone some sort of vocal surgery that makes it impossible for her to speak beyond an occasional whisper. Accomapnying Harry is his previously unknown daughter Penelope "Pen" Lannier (Fifty Shades of Grey's Dakota Johnson), they quickly move into the villa, inviting friends as if it was his home, and taking everybody out to various sights and festivities. At one point in "A Bigger Splash," there is an exchange of dialogue that goes as follows: --"We're all obscene." Passion on Pantelleria. In 'A Bigger Splash', rock legend Marianne Lane is recuperating on the volcanic island of Pantelleria with her partner Paul when iconoclast record producer and old flame Harry unexpectedly arrives with his daughter Penelope and interrupts their holiday, bringing with him an A-bomb blast of nostalgia from which there can be no rescue. Its a loose adaptation of Jacques Derays 1969 French film La Piscine, a provocative potboiler set on the French Riviera, but Guadagnino moves his story to the remote Italian island of Pantelleria, a balmy paradise being inundated with groups fleeing crises in Africa and Asia. Then an ex of hers turns up, loud and boozy record-producer Harry (Ralph Fiennes), with his nymphette daughter (Dakota Johnson). There is still a spark between Marianne and Harry; no less of one between Paul and Penelope. Tensions flare as Harry's ulterior motives to steal Marianne back after having 'given her' to Paul, while Penelope's relationships with her father and Paul come into question. I have always adored Italy and have only been the once. Harry returns to the villa one night after a night of heavy drinking, he skinny dips in the pool, Paul and him eventually get into an aggressive fight, it ends when Harry is drowned, the maid finds his corpse the next morning and calls the police, Marianna is traumatised and screaming risks her voice being damaged. In A BIGGER SPLASH, rock legend Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) is recuperating on the volcanic island of Pantelleria with her partner Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) when iconoclast record producer and old flame Harry (Ralph Fiennes) unexpectedly arrives with his daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson)and . He is surely coming to rival Paolo Sorrentino as an Italian auteur on the world stage. But if it is, I didnt see it! Its at the San Siro Stadiumwhich is the home to football teams AC Milan and Inter Milan. [31][32], A Bigger Splash received generally positive reviews from critics. In fact, that achievement belongs to the director. Is there a crossover genre more enticing than a sexy crime thriller in paradise? Harry Hawkes: We're all obscene. Harry is an old-style alpha male; a toxic narcissist and exhibitionist, bipolar without the down phase, unable to stop talking, hell-raising and getting his kit off for skinny dips in the pool. ', 'A Bigger Splash' was released on 12 February 2016, Pantelleria, a far-flung Italian island between Sicily and North Africa, is known as the Black Pearl of the Mediterranean, and takes a starring role in new oddball psychodrama 'A Bigger Splash', a sun-baked tale of love and lust, The best family holidays in Europe to take in 2023, The 26 best Greek islands to visit in 2023. 13 Great Films Set in Sicily to Inspire You to Visit, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Filming Locations in Italy, Call Me By Your Name Filming Locations in Northern Italy. A Bigger Splash: The Young One-Penelope (Featurette) 0:33 1. Everyone's obscene. Somehow this global hodgepodge actuallyworks,asA Bigger Splash which premiered at last years Venice Film Festival is lots of fun if you let yourself go and dont worry about how sleazy the whole thing really is. Then, they turn a corner and stroll down Str. She is on holiday with her filmmaker lover Paul De Smedt (Matthias Schoenaerts), he is also recovering, from his alcohol addiction and a failed suicide attempt, neither he or Marianna speak Italian, both need the solitude. Throughout the credits, and at random intervals, there are images of stylised flowers, particularly noticeable in the section listing soundtrack items. A famous rock star's vacation in Italy with her boyfriend is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. Watching both of these films I get the impression that when he was making them his thought process was "I'm going to make a cerebral, artsy movie" rather than letting greatness come naturally. Watch A Guide to the Films of Luca Guadagnino, Watch A Bigger Splash: Poolside Seduction. A Bigger Splash director: Italian cinema is mostly a bureau for tourism, Ralph Fiennes: loosey-goosey? Learn how your comment data is processed. Shagging, sunbathing, and swimming in Sicily, what more could you ask for in a romantic break? Marianne has recently had career-lengthening throat surgery, a procedure thats rendered her near-speechless. Her record producer, mutual friend of both and former flame of Marianne, Harry (Ralph Fiennes), brings his estranged daughter, Penelope (Dakota Johnson), to spend time with the couple and, mostly, interrupt the vacation. Basically in Italy, in an isolated villa, on the small volcanic island of Pantelleria, world famous rock star Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) is recovering from a recent surgery, and is staying quiet to protect her singing voice, only communicating with hand signals and occasional whispers. Required fields are marked *, By using this form you agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website. Enjoy the clip from A Bigger Splash, in which irresistible Penelope (Dakota Johnson) seduces Paul, a married acquaintance of her fathers (Matthias Schoenaerts).A modern take on Jacques Derays iconic psychological thriller La Piscine (1969), A Bigger Splash is a dazzling portrayal of summer ennui and a meditation on the dangers of attraction, set on the sun-drenched Italian island of Pantelleria. Its a rare film that pulls off a Rules of the Game-style satireportraying the lives of the wealthy and the famous to deliver a heavier social messagebut it also manages to be an otherwise straightforward and enjoyable romantic drama. In an isolated villa on the small Italian island of Pantelleria, world-famous rock singer Marianne Lane is on holiday with her filmmaker lover Paul De Smedt. Select theaters May 4. . Things get increasingly intense and sexual as the film goes along. They first walk upVia Arciprete D Aiettiand turn left up Via Dante Alighieriwhich is a hill with stairs. It works for the most part, but largely due to the efforts of the talented, committed cast. When I finally got what I was waiting for it was an awkward fight that was only mildly satisfying. The four leads all give great performances, but Fiennes absolutely steals the show, dominating every scene with his over-the- top eccentricity and dancing, the film uses the Italian locations to its advantage, presenting beautiful scenery, the use of colour is good, and what follows is a funny and interesting series of passionate exchanges and tensions between the characters, a most watchable drama. A few years ago, the luxury-goods company Christian Dior recycled images of that films heartthrob attraction, Alain Delon, in an ad campaign for its cologne Eau Sauvage that used the Rolling Stones Sympathy for the Devil. The playlist for A Bigger Splash includes a couple of Stones songs as well, notably Emotional Rescue, which is in rotation with Harry Nilsson, Giuseppe Verdi, 1970s Brazilian classics and Hollywoods eternal bad boy Robert Mitchum murdering the calypso ditty Beauty Is Only Skin Deep.. Bigger is Not Better: A Watered Down Version of "La Piscine". Lust on a little Italian island. Some of her gesticulation might be a little over the top, but on the whole, shes a fully developed, critical character that just happens to be hampered from speaking properly. 'I wouldn't have made the film if I could not have made it on Pantelleria. A Bigger Splash seems to announce its intentions from minute one, cutting from the rockstar Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) electrifying a stadium of thousands to a shot of her sunbathing nude by a pool in an Italian villa. Should you watch this at weekday movie ticket prices? Tilda Swinton is superb as the voiceless singer, Dakota Johnson gave me, for the first time, a glimpse into what she could be, Matthias Schoenaerts hits all the right notes even the most unexpected ones but Ralph Fiennes gives a performance that it hast to be seen to be believed mostly because this is the same actor in Schindler's List, Quiz Show, In Bruges and last year he provided me woth one of the funniest scenes of the year in Hail Caesar. The action takes place in a gorgeous villa with a swimming pool, way up in the hills and far from the harbour where increasing numbers of migrants are being held. But discord lurks on the edges of the film from the beginning, as Guadagnino and the writer David Kajganich hint at the influx of refugees to the island (and Italy at large), and the problems fermenting around this idyllic slice of life. The best out of all theA Bigger Splashlocations and where the majority of the movie unfolds. Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes are in irresistible form in this heady romantic thriller from Luca Guadagnino. Its essentially a small, stone shack with a few plastic picnic tables dotted around outside. Independent-minded adults looking to escape from the comic book universe of most multiplexes are in for an exotic treat. Please read the disclaimer here. The daughter's motives are also elusive throughout without any explanation; she acts with hostility towards Swinton, for instance, simply for the sake of it. He Tweets/Instagrams at Optimarcus and writes at marcusgohmarcusgoh.com. My research tells me that Arco dell Elefante (a rock formation by the sea that looks like an elephants trunk) is one of theA Bigger Splashfilming locations. Running time: 2 hours 4 minutes. If you've ever wanted to see any of these actors full-frontal, here's your big chance, since there's a lot of nudity here that doesn't seem to exist for much reason beyond producing a "Look, s/he's taken it all off, too!" Just like the rest of the movie. Dun dun DUN. Its a very stylish and engaged remake of Jacques Derays 1969 psychological thriller La Piscine (The Swimming Pool). ", "LIVE: The winners of the 72nd Venice Film Festival", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Bigger_Splash_(2015_film)&oldid=1145616178, This page was last edited on 20 March 2023, at 02:14. Marcus Goh is a Singapore television scriptwriter. Would be a dream come true. But this gives us an intriguing, drawn-out coda in which a new layer of malign dysfunction is revealed. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. Does it add to the story or characterisation to have her be mute? Theyre a delectable pair of sexy beasts, ensconced on a jaw-slackening compound on Pantelleria, a volcanic island in the strait of Sicily thats within viewing distance of Tunisia. . If you have a spare 3,400 for a weeks stay (in the offseason), theres isDammuso Grande. They walk down Via Giacomo Leopardi and end up onVia Borgo Italiawhich is by the port. A film for awards season. Their luxury villa with a guest house and swimming pool is one of seven restored dammusi estates. 03/09/2015 Venezia 2015 - Mercato. Titled after Hockney's pop-art painting 'A Bigger Splash.'. But, you know, stranger things have happened. Shes recently learned that Harry is her father and now, for reasons that thicken the mystery, he has dragged her to Pantelleria without a hotel reservation, which is how they end up crashing at Marianne and Pauls hideaway. 'A Bigger Splash' is a sensuous portrait of desire, jealousy . Matthias Schoenaerts and Ralph Fiennes are the stars of the movie, and both of their performances are exceptional, especially the former's. 24 juillet 2021 0 . Honestly, this villa is perfect. Though it starts out as an energetic romantic yarn, following the struggles for Mariannes affection between her boyfriend Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) and her old flame Harry (Ralph Fiennes), it becomes a far more engrossing film when it breaks out of its reverie and confronts the ugliness both within the villa and without. . I despair of professional critics who go weak at the knees if they can describe a film as arty. An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble . Moving into the villa, Harry starts inviting friends around as if it were his home and taking everybody out to various sights and festivities. There's something that made this film really come together well in the beginning. He knows Marianne is on voice rest. Basking in sun-broiled sexual tension, the misfits listen to old Rolling Stones records while Harry attempts to seduce Marianne, and Penelope stirs Paul's smouldering pot. Mathias Schonaerts is handsome and quiet (thank goodness). Memories of teenage holidays on a far-flung Italian outpost between Sicily and Tunisia prompted director Luca Guadagnino to set his latest film, A Bigger Splash, on the volcanic island. Worst, perhaps, is the way Guadignino cynically salts in occasional references to the Mediterranean migrant crisis in an attempt to add political meaning to this addled, indulgent trifle. [17] The film made its world premiere at the 72nd Venice Film Festival[18][19] on 6 September 2015. The last time the director Luca Guadagnino trained his sights on Tilda Swinton, she was suffering under the Milanese sun in I Am Love, playing an unhappy wife fluttering in a gilded cage. All the best! Above: The terrace of Tenuta Borgia Estate in Pantelleria. Is there even a moral to be had from this? Director Luca Guadagnino set the majority of the action on the volcanic island of Pantelleria, situated between Sicily and Tunisia. 8/10. A Bigger Splash. The music is fantastic and Luca Guadagnino's direction is incredible. Tilda Swinton is her usual pretentious self, only voiceless. And as I say in my video reviewabove, this is all served up by Italian director Luca Guadagnino working in the English language with an international cast from a premise based on the 1969 French filmLa Piscine. Filming took place in the ancient village of Scauri and the surrounding coast: in one of the opening scenes, Marianne and Paul slather themselves in sulphuric mud scooped from the milky, turquoise waters of the Lago di Venere. Rock-star Marianne (Tilda Swinton) is recuperating on an Italian island after throat surgery, with her film-maker lover (Mattias Schoenaerts) for company. While Matthias wasn't at his best, Tilda Swinton was, even voiceless, remarkably well cast. It is the investigating officer, but rather than pursuing the case he reveals himself to be a fan of Marianne and wants her to autograph a CD. With Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson. Luca Guadagninos new film sees Tilda Swinton caught in the middle of two mens affections, while a weightier crisis plays out in the background. Four characters, only one of whom is remotely sane, three of whom are both uninteresting and unpleasant. But the sign in the film is also the sign still about the cinemas door, so that seems a bit odd. The arrival of Ralph Fiennes in "A Bigger Splash," the new film directed by Luca Guadagnino, could hardly be more ominous: The roaring plane carrying his character, Harry, and Penelope, his. Joining her is partner and filmmaker Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) who, as we see through flashbacks, is introduced to Lane by record producer Harry Hawkes, a rambunctious and zany character played in true dickhead style by Ralph Fiennes. Paul tearfully admits to Marianne that he killed Harry but tried to save him. According to the film's producer Michael . At the time, the supermarket was called Vecchione Supermercati(as you can see in the film when they leave) but it isnt anymore. Harrys carefree (and careless) spirit forces Marianne and Paul to put him and his daughter up when they fail to book accommodation during a busy festival. The nymphet does what you expect nymphets to do. A pop singer who cant speak (albeit temporarily) is one of the most contrived characters youll find in film, and perhaps one of the most bluntly ironic ones too. The story is less a love triangle than a love rhombus, and the plot kicks off when Harry and his daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson) crash Marianne and Pauls island looking to make trouble. Marianne and Pauls private bliss-out is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of an old friend, a music producer, Harry (a sensational Ralph Fiennes), a motormouth who roars in with his daughter, Penelope (Dakota Johnson). Ms. Swinton conveys casual entitlement like someone to the manner born, which gives Mariannes teasing exchanges with Harry an increasingly discomfiting quality. $7,545,758. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Franois Ozons 2003 movie Swimming Pool used the artificial blue depths of the pool to incubate a similar tension. Mr. Guadagnino, in other words, knows how to decorate a movie, from Mariannes manicured head to Penelopes perfectly photographed bellybutton. The site's consensus states: "Absorbing, visually arresting, and powerfully acted by an immensely talented cast, A Bigger Splash offers sumptuously soapy delights for fans of psychological adult drama. Harry says he was 16 when "Emotional Rescue" was released, but that album was released in June 1980 and Harry's passport birth date is in August 1961, so he was nearly 19 when that album came out. Fresh offFifty Shades Of Grey,this young actress is building a nice rsum of sultry screen roles. Bellocchio, Guadagnino, Caligari and Maresco among the 11 Italians on the . Tilda Swinton handles a character with odd circumstances with aplomb. Guadagnino is best known in the United States for his sprawling, florid . We are all barbarians, some are fortunate enough to get away with it. A remake of Jacques Deray's 'La Piscine' (1969), 'A Bigger Splash' has attracted some big names: Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson and Matthias Schoenaerts make it a star-spangled vehicle indeed. 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