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Directed by | Luca Guadagnino |
Produced by |
Michael Costigan Luca Guadagnino |
Screenplay by | David Kajganich |
Story by | Alain Page |
Starring |
Ralph Fiennes Dakota Johnson Matthias Schoenaerts Tilda Swinton |
Cinematography | Yorick Le Saux |
Edited by | Walter Fasano |
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Fox Searchlight Pictures (US) StudioCanal (UK) |
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124 minutes |
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Box office | $7.54 million (worldwide) |
A Bigger Splash is a 2015 English-language Italian-French psychological drama dark comedy film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Alain Page and David Kajganich, based on the film La Piscine. The film stars Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes and Dakota Johnson. The film was named after David Hockney's 1967 painting of the same title. It competed for the Golden Lion at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival.
Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton), a famous rock star, and her filmmaker boyfriend, Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts), are taking a vacation on the remote Italian island of Pantelleria. They are interrupted by the unexpected visit of their old friend Harry (Ralph Fiennes) and his daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson).
The first promo still of A Bigger Splash featuring Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson and Ralph Fiennes was released on 27 July 2015. A new set of movie stills were released on 3 September 2015. The first clip was released on 5 September 2015.Tilda Swinton appeared on the cover of the Autumm/Winter 2015 issue of AnOther Magazine, but not as herself, she appeared as her character in A Bigger Splash, Marianne Lane. In a work of fiction co-authored by Swinton, Glenn O’Brien, Luca Guadagnino, and Dave Kajganich, Marianne Lane gave an interview for the magazine based around events in the film.