La "Piscine" de Jacques Deray y "Swimming pool" de François Ozon

Abstract

En La Piscine, film dirigido en 1969 por Jacque Deray, Harry (Ulises) regresa a Saint-Tropez a bordo de su nave, representada por un Masseratti, y se reencuentra con Marianne (Penélope) que ahora es la pareja de Jean-Paul, un antiguo amigo de Harry. Como en La Odisea, Harry se demora en su largo viaje entreteniéndose en diversas relaciones. Inversamente a la historia original, el “pretendiente” sobrevive a Ulises. Swimming Pool, película dirigida en 2003 por François Ozon que podemos considerar una nueva versión de la eterna aventura homérica, ofrece un interesante desplazamiento de roles: En la casa-isla quien espera es una escritora. Es Penélope la que va tejiendo la propia historia que presenciamos y por lo tanto es Homero a la vez. En lugar de Ulises quien vuelve es Julia, la hija del dueño de la casa, y ella es la que acaba eliminando a uno de sus propios “pretendientes”.

In La Piscine, directed in 1969 by Jacques Deray, Harry (Ulises) returns to Saint-Tropez on board of his “vessel”, a Masseratti, and meets again with Marianne (Penélope) who now is Jean-Paul’s girlfriend, a former friend of Harry. As in the Odyssey, Harry delays in the long trip of return amusing itself in successive relations. Inversely to the original story, the “suitor" survives the modern Ulysses.

Swimming Pool, movie directed in 2003 by François Ozon that we can consider as a new version of the eternal Homeric adventure, offers an interesting displacement of roles: In the house - island who is waiting is a writer. It is Penelope that is weaving the story itself and being Homer simultaneously. Instead of Ulysses who returns is Julie, a daughter of the owner, and is she the one that ends up by eliminating one of his own “suitors".