Maelström
Directed by:
Denis VilleneuveScreenplay:
Denis VilleneuveCinematography:
André TurpinCast:
Marie-Josée Croze, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, John Dunn-Hill, Robin Aubert, Jacques Lavallée, Gerry O'Brien, Sylvie Moreau, Alejandro Morán (more)VOD (1)
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Bibiane undergoes an abortion, her business activities in the family chain of boutiques end in disaster, and on top of that, she inadvertently runs over a pedestrian, who then dies of his injuries. This existential story full of paradoxes, incorporating all kinds of mystical, symbolic, comic, and romantic scenes, has an unusual collective narrator: Norwegian fish being distributed to Montreal restaurants. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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The terribly long exposition wallowing in the main character's depression is a bit too much for my taste, but the moment Villeneuve starts moving the plot through the broken time lines, I was hooked. The bizarre tangle of events, coincidences and fateful encounters is further embellished by the narrator, who is the fish being butchered. Brilliant acting and utterly realistic. The weirdest romantic film in a very long time.
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Fish simply have us, the humans, figured out. Denis Villeneuve made a chilling existentialist drama with a romantic storyline and slightly reflects Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, where a group of fish also philosophized over the question of human existence. This is an interestingly structured story with a pinch of black humor, and is a movie that will definitely not be to everyone’s taste.
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