Product Details

• Actors: Pascale Bussieres, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Julie Gayet, Genevieve Bujold
• Directors: Manon Briand
• Format: Color, Import, Subtitled, Dolby, Digital Sound
• Language: French
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Max Films
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002M80M6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,068 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Seismologist Alice Bradley is despatched to her home town of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, to investigate why the tides have stopped flowing there. She is reunited with an old college friend, reporter Catherine Rolland, and meets roguish pilot Marc Vandal. It soon becomes apparent that the problems with the tide coincided with a variety of odd behaviour amongst the Baie-Comeau residents, and Alice gradually realises that the solution to the mystery may be stranger than she ever anticipated.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Haunting and off the beaten track, January 10, 2005

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"geo" (Quebec City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Turbulence des Fluides (Chaos and Desire) (DVD)

As someone who enjoys films that turn our ordinary perceptions of the world inside out, I was pleasantly surprised to find such a gem almost at my back door. The film takes place in Baie Comeau, a small Quebec town a day's drive from Montreal or Quebec City. The beauty of this area was well captured in the film - the town is actually more gritty and industrial than ever showed up in the film, but the spot is gorgeous in a kind of backcountry way. The film takes us through a series of events that are increasingly fantastic, from the fact that the tide appears to have stopped following a local tragedy, to a climax which combines the arrival of the water with a kind of emotional resolution of the tension between the characters. In some ways, the film made me think of Margaret Atwood's novel "Surfacing", another story that takes place in Quebec backcountry, with a similar melding of fantastical and real events, but the two stories are really quite different.

The only scene that is slightly out of synch with the rest is the unrealistic use of satellite imagery to locate a downed plane. The film also includes a small but effective role by Geneviève Bujold, a Quebec actress we see all too rarely.

I recommend the film for those that like a story that is somewhat offbeat, and also for its depiction of this particular part of Quebec, a part one rarely sees on film.

4.0 out of 5 stars slow and thoughtful, July 12, 2011

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PJR (Minneapolis, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Turbulence des Fluides (Chaos and Desire) (DVD)

If you are looking for a slow thoughtful and visually attractive (not stunningly) film, somewhat off-beat, and with mystery and with unresolved teasing about the supernatural this is a good choice. Very easy to watch. Interesting vignettes.

Supernatural tease is between something very odd going on in a traditional supernatural way, and maybe some sort of "synchronicity."[...]

I think the film is good watching but is not as deep as pretends to be. There are some beautiful actresses. There are some good thoughtful lines. The lovers do come together in the end and much of the film is about how bottled up they are and what a big deal it is for them to break through. I don't think this was overplayed. Some might think it was overly drawn out. I can see that, but it is a matter of taste. I was in a mood for a somewhat moody film. Anyway, for me that held the film together more than the "mystery" which clearly was not heading towards a clear explanation of causation, though I was interested in how it would play out in more events.