A poster and trailer have arrived online for Swimming Home, the dark comedy-drama based on Deborah Levy’s 2011 novel of the same name.
The film marks the directorial debut for Justin Anderson and centres on Joe and Isabel, a couple who are struggling with their relationship on vacation at their family villa where they find a naked woman floating in the pool. But after Isabel invites the stranger to say, they find the rifts in the the family grow, forcing them to confront their pasts.
The cast includes Christopher Abbot, Mackenzie Davis, Arianne Labed, Nadine Labaki, and Freya Hannan-Mills.
Josef and his war correspondent partner Isabel find a naked stranger floating in the pool of their holiday villa. When Isabel unexpectedly invites the stranger to stay – her presence takes root, the gaps between the family members grow and Joe must confront the childhood memories he has locked away for so many years.
Why has the stranger come, and is she even real? Set against the dazzling beauty of an Aegean summer, the truth inside this story is that like life – nothing can be expected.
Swimming Home arrives in cinemas on April 25th.
