Maelstrom

Synopsis

It is a fish which tells this history, a fish resulting from the watery magma of the beginning of the formation of the universe. By one evening of rainy summer, an young woman, Bibiane Champagne (Marie-Josée Croze), strike a man with her car. The casualty, a Norwegian immigrant, succeeds in returning at his place to die there gently. The life of Bibiane plunges then in an unimaginable chaos. At the time when it risks its life to erase all traces of its gesture, it is seen giving a new chance, like a second birth resulting from water of the river. This dialog between the life and death, the ground and water, will find its result when the young woman meets that which will change its destiny.

Data sheet

Title: Maelstrom
Realization: Denis Villeneuve
Scenario: Denis Villeneuve
Photography: Andre Turpin
Music: Pierre Desrochers
Assembly: Richard Comeau
Distribution of the roles: Lucie Robitaille
Decorations: Renee Gosselin
Artistic director: Sylvain Gingras
Costumes: Denis Sperdouklis
Production: Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal for max Films Productions
Kind: drama
Format: colors - 1,85:1 - 35 mm
Coming out date: August 29th 2000 (First with the Film festival of Montreal), September 15th 2000 (Canada), July 4th 2001 (France)

Distribution

Marie-Josée Croze: Bibiane Champagne
Stéphanie Morgenstern: Claire Gunderson
Jean-Nicolas Verreault: Evian
Pierre Lebeau: the voice of the fish

Rewards

Price of International Criticism (FISPRECI) to the Festival of Berlin in 2001.
Price SACD of the best scenario in 2001.
Price Genius of best film in 2001.

24e Festival of films of the world of Montreal

; Better Canadian feature-length film

Denis Villeneuve, Roger Frappier and Luc Vandal

; Better artistic contribution for the photograph

Andre Turpin

Jutra 2001

; Better film ; Better actress

Marie-Josée Croze

; Better realization

Denis Villeneuve

; Better artistic director

Sylvain Gingras, Denis Sperdouklis

; Better scenario

Denis Villeneuve

; Better sound

Gilles Corbeil, Mathieu Beaudin, Louis Gignac, Jerome Décarie, OJ Charon, Daniel Bisson, Carole Gagnon

; Better assembly

Richard Comeau

Around film

It was presented to the Festival of Sundance, edition 2001.
It was presented to the Festival of Toronto, edition 2001.
It was retained during the official Canadian selection for the race with the Oscars 2001 in the category “Better film in foreign language”.
It revealed with the public the actress Marie-Josée Croze, who gained thereafter the Price of interpretation in Cannes in 2003 for the cruel Invasions .

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