La Turbulence des fluides
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Turbulence des fluides |
| Country of production | Canada ( Québec ), France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Manon Briand |
| script | Manon Briand |
| production |
Roger Frappier , Pierre-Ange Le Pogam , Luc Vandal |
| music |
Simon Cloquet , Valmont |
| camera |
David Franco , Noah Weinzweig |
| cut | Richard Comeau |
| occupation | |
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La Turbulence des fluides (English title: Chaos and Desire) is a Canadian-French drama from 2002 . Manon Briand wrote the script and directed, with Pascale Bussières in the lead role .
action
Alice Bradley works in Tokyo at the Earthquake Research Institute. She is ordered to Baie-Comeau, her native city in Canada, because the tides have stopped there. The phenomenon could be an indication of an impending earthquake. Arrived at the airport, Marc Vandal arouses her interest. The pilot extinguishes forest fires in the area with the CL-415 aircraft . His wife has been missing for a long time, she crashed into the sea on a plane. Some residents of the city behave strangely and there are quite mysterious events. When the tide stopped, one of Marc's aviation colleagues had an inkling of the contents of his water load, which he dumped over a forest. One looks for and actually finds the remains of Marie Vandal at this point. Marc is relieved that he can finally say goodbye to her. He and Alice are making love on the beach when they feel an earthquake that brings the tides back. They are cut off by the rising water on a sandbar. Alice, unable to swim, almost drowns before being rescued by a boat. But now she is sure that Marie had a nice death. Alice and Marc are happy in each other's arms.
Reviews
- Kim Linekin, Eye Weekly, September 5, 2002: "visually entrancing" (in German: adorable in the picture)
Awards
- 2002: nominated at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival
- 2002: Audience Award for the best Canadian film at the World Film Festival in Montréal
- 2003: Special prize at the Prix Jutra award ceremony ; There were nominations for Pascale Bussières, David Franco, Manon Briand and Geneviève Bujold
background
The film was shot at Baie-Comeau in the Canadian province of Québec, the budget was around 7 million euros. Vivafilm distributes the film in Canada, Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm has the film rights worldwide.
In the US there are DVDs in French with English subtitles, they are about 113 minutes in length.
In October 2003 the film was presented at the Hof International Film Festival.
Web links
- Chaos and Desire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- La Turbulence des fluides at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
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- ↑ Kim Linekin, Eye Weekly, about Chaos and Desire (English) ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
