Naissance des Pieuvres

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Naissance des Pieuvres
Haut et Court French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Céline Sciamma
Produced by	Bénédicte Couvreur Jérôme Dopffer
Written by	Céline Sciamma
Starring	Pauline Acquart Louise Blachère Adele Haenel
Music by	Jean-Baptiste de Laubier (as Para One)
Cinematography	Crystel Fournier
Editing by	Julien Lacheray
Distributed by	Films Distribution (Worldwide) (Theat.) Haut et Court (French) (Theat.) et al (see IMDB)
Release date(s)	March 14, 2008
Running time	85 min.
Country	France
Language	French
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Naissance des Pieuvres (English title: Water Lilies) is a 2007 French feature film and the debut as a screenwriter and director of Céline Sciamma.^[1]^[2]

1 Critical reception
2 Awards and nominations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Critical reception

Western critics have given the film generally positive reviews. As of April 4, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 86% of T-Meter Critics and 100% of Top Critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 29 reviews.^[3] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 64 out of 100, based on 8 reviews.^[4]

[edit] Awards and nominations

The film was selected for screening in the section Un certain regard at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, and won both the 2007 Prix de la jeunesse at Cabourg Romantic Film Festival and the 2007 Prix Louis-Delluc.

The film secured three nominations for the 2008 César Awards; Céline Sciamma was nominated for the 2008 César Award for Best Debut, and actresses Adèle Haenel and Louise Blachère were both nominated for the 2008 César Award for Most Promising Actress. Eventually the Best Debut award went to Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud for 'Persepolis', and the Award for Most Promising Actress went to Hafsia Herzi for her performance in 'La Graine et le Mulet'.