La Peur de l'eau
Reżyseria:
Gabriel PelletierMuzyka:
Laurent EyquemObsada:
Stéphanie Lapointe, Maxime Dumontier, Pascale Bussières, Isabelle Cyr, Germain Houde, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Carla Turcotte, Sandrine Bisson, Paul Doucet (więcej)Opisy(1)
Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. This gruesome murder is the first ever in the Magdalen Islands. Her death wreaks havoc on the quiet life of Sergeant André Surprenant of the local Sûreté du Québec detachment. Sergeant André Surprenant, a police officer and father of a rebellious teenage daughter trying to live an ordinary life after a marital breakup. His work is run-of-the-mill, rural law enforcement in the Magdalen Islands region, a cluster of islands off the coast of Quebec, an ironic choice as he's afraid of water and can't even make it to a swimming lesson to try to overcome his phobia. His world changes when Rosalie Richard, a young woman of 18 years and local mayor's daughter is found murdered and raped at the foot of a cliff by the sea. Inspector Gingras arrives from Montreal to try to solve the murder. Seeing that the police of the metropolis focuses on ambiguous facts and seems to seek a suspect predetermined, Surprenant decides to conduct his own investigation with his partner, Genevieve Savoie, who is secretly in love with him. All the villagers are potential suspects. (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)
(więcej)Recenzje (1)
When I went to see this Canadian crime movie, I was feeling quite skeptical. But I was interested in the locations it takes place in, so I decided to give it a go. Îles de la Madeleine are quite an intriguing place, especially as a setting for a movie murder. The problem, however, lies with the characters. The investigator and the female cop lack in charisma, and the way they conduct the investigation would make even the members of the police force in the remotest backwater shake their heads in bemusement. They accuse, arrest, don’t ask questions. They come to deliver their verdict only to change it all a moment later. They never say sorry to anybody, only swear. And when we get to see their personal lives, it’s also nothing to write home about. The daddy cop was quite a blockhead; at least he learned that in the end. The strength of the movie, however, lies in its almost Scandinavian atmosphere, which has the islands to thank for that. Had this movie possessed a better story with better-written characters who’d behave more normally, it could’ve been a really good crime movie. As it is, the only good thing about it are the shots of the islands, which are sometimes really beautiful. But that’s about it.
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