Characters & Themes
Deep Water (1981) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 95 mins · French
- Directed by
- Michel Deville
- Starring
- Isabelle Huppert, Bruce Myers, Philippe Clévenot, Éric Frey, Evelyne Didi, Robin Renucci
Set on the island of Jersey off the French coast, Mélanie—a strikingly beautiful woman with a magnetic personality—flits from one inconsequential romance to another. Her older husband Victor, a perfumer, watches these affairs with a detached, almost indifferent tolerance, underscoring the emptiness of their marriage.
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