Entre La Mer Et L'eau Douce

Apr 17 - Apr 18, 2007

(Michel Brault, Canada, 1967, 35mm, 85 min.)

During the late 1960s, Montreal underwent a transformation from a provincial capital to a vibrant urban center that became a magnet for Quebec youth. Michel Brault’s (cinematographer for Jean Rouch) ENTRE LA MER ET L’EAU DOUCE (BETWEEN SWEET AND SALT WATER) brilliantly captures this distinct moment with a simple story of a young musician who leaves his North Shore fishing village for the city. Once there he experiences the everyday poetry of late-night coffee bars, early-morning conversations with new friends and devastating love for a waitress played by an incandescent Genevieve Bujold. A low-key take on BREATHLESS—with echoes of the scandalous Swedish film I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW)—Brault’s work is a meandering snapshot of Montreal as it existed in 1967. 
In French with English subtitles.


“ENTRE LA MER ET L’EAU DOUCE is, to my mind, one of the unqualified masterpieces of Quebec cinema. It deserves to be seen as one of the finest works ever produced in this country.” Piers Handling, TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 

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