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Female Gaze: Women Directors + Women Cinematographers

Swimmer

17m

Directed by Lynne Ramsay • 2012 • United Kingdom
Starring Tom Litten

Stunning monochrome cinematography and impressionistic sound design turn a young man’s aquatic odyssey into a ravishing sensory experience.

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