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Director:
Writer:
Denis Villeneuve (writer)
Release Date:
15 September 2000 (Canada) more
Plot:
After plunging her car into a river, a woman encounters a man who helps her come to terms with her life. | add synopsis
Awards:
23 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Maelstrom Dominates Canada's Genie Awards
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 30 January 2001)
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A contemporary tale more (22 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Marie-Josée Croze | ... | Bibiane Champagne |
| Jean-Nicolas Verreault | ... | Evian |
 | Stephanie Morgenstern | ... | Claire Gunderson |
| Pierre Lebeau | ... | The Fish (voice) |
| Klimbo | ... | Head-Annstein Karlsen |
| John Dunn-Hill | ... | Fishmonger |
| Marc Gélinas | ... | Stranger in Subway |
| Bobby Beshro | ... | Philippe Champagne |
| Marie-France Lambert | ... | Marie-Jeanne Sirois |
| Virginie Dubois | ... | Sara |
| Daniel Turcot | ... | Infernal fishmonger |
| Luis Oliva | ... | Fishmonger's employee |
| Darrell Lloyd Tucler | ... | Fishmonger's employee |
| Léo Arguello | ... | Fishmonger's employee |
| Martin Boucher | ... | Driver |
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Maelstrom (USA)
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Rated R for sexuality/nudity, language and an abortion scene.
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Runtime:
87 min | Canada:85 min (DVD version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | France:U | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R
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Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) (TV) more
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Les deux guitares more
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I left the theater with a true smile "hooked" on my face. Here is a tale as grave and dark, and yet as lovely, as Grimm's original plots used to be, with however, a very personal imagery and contemporary twist. Fishes being cut in pieces by a fisherman tell this story about a young upper class women's life going from bad to worse. An neutral, almost "silent" camera shows very clean and beautiful takes of desperation and emptiness. Then, as the story turns, with odds only reality itself could invent, witty dialogs and situations light up the tale into a true bliss. The ageless fishes presents it all in a very solemn manner, conterbalancing wonderfully with the superficial and aimless modern world in which the characters live. The whole movie is thoughtful, questioning to the viewer and articulate in its very own way.