L’Effet aquatique
Synopsis
Samir, a tall, lanky, 40-something crane operator from Montreuil, in the outskirts of Paris, falls head over heels in love with Agathe. He discovers she is a swimming instructor at the local swimming pool, and, for lack of a better plan, he decides to enlist as her student…although he can swim perfectly. But his lie only lasts for 3 lessons, and Agathe hates liars. The truth surfaces. Agathe is furious. The end?
Not quite! Agathe goes to Iceland on a business trip, putting an ocean between her and Samir. But it is without reckoning with his feelings and his stubbornness…
Director
Sólveig Anspach was born in 1960 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, to an American father and an Icelandic mother. After graduating from La Fémis (1989 – first graduating class), she directed several documentaries. In 1998, she directed her first feature film Haut les coeurs ! for which Karin Viard won the Cesar Award for Best Actress. Her American-Icelandic origins shine through in all of her films. Sólveig Anspach passed away on August 7th, 2015.
Estéban
Florence Loiret-Caille
Olivia Côte
Philippe Rebbot
Samir Guesmi
Screenplay
Sólveig Anspach, Jean-Luc Gaget
Image
Isabelle Razavet
Sound
Éric Boisteau
Editing
Anne Riegel
Music
Martin Wheeler
Set decoration
Marie Le Garrec
Production
Ex Nihilo
52 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud
75011 Paris – France
T : +33 1 53 36 32 00
julie@agatfilms.com
www.agatfilms.com
Coproduction
Zik Zak Filmworks (Islande)
Ventes à l’étranger / Foreign sales
Le Pacte
5 rue Darcet
75017 Paris – France
T : +33 1 44 69 59 59
c.neel@le-pacte.com
www.le-pacte.com
Distribution
Le Pacte
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contact@le-pacte.com
Presse / Publicist
France
Marie-Christine Damiens
T : +33 1 42 22 12 24
mc@mcdamiens.fr
bureau@mcdamiens.fr
Internationale
Brigitta Portier
French mobile: + 33 6 28 96 81 65
International mobile: +32 4 77 98 25 84
brigittaportier@alibicommunications.be

Title in Original Version : The Together Project
Press release
EXTRAITS
“Une histoire d’amour drolatique et émouvante” – Le Monde
“Le film file avec malice toutes les métaphores de l’amour” – Télérama
“Un bain de fraicheur” – Gala
“A sweet and sincere French-Icelandic rom-com” – The Hollywood Reporter