Maelstrom Movie Review 2000

Offbeat mixture of the surreal, the whimsical, and the melodramatic. A drunken Bibliane (Croze) commits a hit-and-run and reads in the next day's newspaper that the man, a fishmonger, has died. Guilt-stricken, she meets the man's son, a deep sea diver named Evian (Verrault), at the funeral home and he mistakes her for a concerned neighbor. Bibliane's friendship with Evian leads to an affair but she becomes compelled to tell him the truth and accept whatever punishment he decrees. There's lots of water and fish imagery. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 86 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Canada, Go Fish

Screenplay

Denis Villenueve

Cast

Marie Josee Croze, Jean-Nicholas Verreault, Stephanie Morgenstern, Bobby Beshro

Cinematography

Andre Turpin

Director

Denis Villenueve

Music

Pierre Desrochers

Awards

Genie 2000: Actress (Croze), Cinematog., Director (Villenueve), Film, Screenplay.