A Bigger Splash

Remake of the French film classic "The Swimming Pool" (1969) by Jacques Deray: A couple seeks leisure and relaxation on a Mediterranean island, but the tranquillity gives way to a dangerous maelstrom of jealousy, passion and sexual obsession when a friend turns up with his grown-up daughter. The decidedly uneven new production stands out from the minimalist elegance of the original with its rough mix of styles, alluding not to David Hockney's painting of the same name, but to the dead refugees in the Mediterranean. This turn towards the politics of the day robs the material of its abstract ambiguity.