Blog Post: Water Lillies

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/water-lilies-floats-frustratingly-on-the-surface/

This article talks about the major themes and storylines in Water Lillies, while also critiquing the movie as a whole. The article starts by bringing up the major theme in Water Lillies, synchronized swimming. This sport acted as a metaphor for being a young woman. There is one scene where Marie goes underwater and we can see the legs of the girl swimming. It is very intense and you can tell that they are working hard and struggling to stay afloat. Above the water, the girls look very elegant and poise. This is meant to be a metaphor for how being a young girl can be very physically and emotionally taxing, however, it is important that a sense of composure remains throughout everything. This metaphor manifests itself differently for each character. For Floriane it is about maintaining her position as sexually promiscuous, despite her not actually wanting to engage in that behavior. For Marie, it is having a desire for both synchronized swimming and Floriane while not trying to show it and potentially ruining the relationship. The article says that despite the movie being insightful, it is constrained in scope and that so much more could have been said.