Summertime at the beach. Swimming, yelling, playing, tanning. 25-year-old Marie who came alone to lie in the sun and swim in the sea, loses the bottom half of her bathing suit.
Cinematography
Haglund lingers on bodies like they're landscapes — uncomfortable, deliberate.
Acting
Gili-Pierre's micro-expressions carry an entire emotional arc in silence.
Director
Erika Haglund
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Haglund shot this as her graduating short from La Fémis; the 3.5 TMDB rating reflects 3 voters, not quality.
The title's idiom — 'to drink the sea' — means attempting the impossible; Marie's impossible task is simply existing unobserved.
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