Six minutes of swimmers vs. one woman in the weirdest pool battle you'll ever witness.
Dorothy (Fiona Samuel), a lone swimmer, luxuriates in tranquil bliss at a deserted pool — only to have her solitude rudely interrupted by a squad of swimmers. A wordless, strikingly choreographed conflict ensues as Dorothy attempts to assert herself against the dehumanised aggression of the swimmers.
Direction
Jeffs' precise control of wordless tension through movement alone.
Cinematography
Stark pool aesthetics that turn leisure into psychological warfare.
Practical Effects
Synchronized swimmer choreography as genuine physical performance art.
Director
Christine Jeffs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during a wave of 1990s NZ short filmmaking that used surrealism to explore gendered power dynamics, often funded by TVNZ's experimental slots.
Jeffs later directed 'Rain' and 'Sylvia'—this early work established her signature: beautiful surfaces hiding psychic violence.
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