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PRODUCTION TEAM
Director :
Manon Briand
Script :
Manon Briand
Photography :
David Franco
Editor :
Richard Comeau
Cast :
Pascale Bussi�res, Julie Gayet, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Genevi�ve Bujold, Vincent Bilodeau, Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Norman Helms, Gabriel Arcand, Emmanuel Charest, Pierre Lebeau, Tsuyu Shimisu, Ji-Yan S�
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LA TURBULENCES DES FLUIDES
Alice, a seismologist working in Tokyo, is sent to a small town on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River to observe a peculiar phenomenon: the tides have stopped rising and falling. To Japanese experts, this indicates that a major, global earthquake may occur soon. A particularly bad omen is the fact that the site of this strange phenomenon is Alice's hometown. Alice does everything she can to maintain an emotional distance from the town, where she remembers having spent an unhappy childhood, especially after her parents separated. Accompanied by her journalist friend Catherine, she undertakes her research, surveys the land, conducts seismic probes. Nothing obvious shows up. And while Alice and her scientific colleagues struggle to understand what is causing the anomaly, forest fires continue to ravage the region and a vague sense of unease permeates the town. Alice herself is caught up in the disquiet when she tries to find the phone number of the water-bomber pilot who asked her to call: his number is mysteriously torn out of all the local phone books. The townspeople are becoming increasingly nervous and Alice begins to suspect that the baffling local disorder isn't something than can be gauged with instruments. She will have to take riskier, more personal measures.
Manon Briand
In 1987, after graduating in film from Concordia University in Montreal, Manon Briand went to France to study screenwriting. Returning home, she co-founded an independent filmmakers' group, Les Films de l'Autre, and soon began directing. She made her debut with Les Sauf-conduits (1991), a medium-length drama that went on to win prizes in Canada and Europe. She followed that with Croix de bois in 1992, and Picoti Picota in 1995, winner of three prizes at the Oberhausen Festival. She wrote and directed a segment of COSMOS (1997), which was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Festival and won the Prix international des cin�mas d'art et d'essai. In 1998, her debut feature, 2 SECONDS, won prizes for best direction and best Canadian film at the Montreal World Film Festival.
August 22, 2002 • 10:00:00 • IMP�RIAL • CI.22.1 •
August 23, 2002 • 14:00:00 • IMP�RIAL • CI.23.3 •
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