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After plunging her car into a river, a woman encounters a man who helps her come to terms with her life.After plunging her car into a river, a woman encounters a man who helps her come to terms with her life.After plunging her car into a river, a woman encounters a man who helps her come to terms with her life.
- Awards
- 23 wins & 9 nominations
Pierre Lebeau
- The Fish
- (voice)
Kliment Denchev
- Head-Annstein Karlsen
- (as Klimbo)
Zhenhu Han
- Mr. Koumsawout
- (voice)
- (as Hu Han Zhen)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaDirector Denis Villeneuve was disappointed with his first two movies, August 32nd on Earth (1998) and Maelstrom (2000), so he took a nine-year sabbatical as a stay-at-home dad. He vowed to return "when I was ready to make a film I could be proud of", which was Polytechnique (2009).
- Quotes
Evian: He wasn't supposed to be cremated.
Funeral home employee: Oh no? Oops!
- Crazy creditsThere is text at the beginning of the movie in Norwegian: "Vi ber om unnskyldning til alle våre norske venner. Filmen viser et bilde av Norge som er basert på klisjéer. Vi skrev filmmanuset under hypnose. Vi beklager at alt i filmen er oppspinn."
It translates as: "We apologize to all our Norwegian friends. The film shows a picture of Norway based on clichés. We wrote the movie script under hypnosis. We regret that everything in the movie is a fabrication."
- SoundtracksGood Morning Starshine
from "Hair"
Written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado and Gerome Ragni
Performed by Lynn Kellogg and Melba Moore
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a regular artsy-wannabe movie
I went to see the movie because it got excellent reviews from the local newspapers and websites here in Vancouver. I'd seen "Possible Worlds" a few weekends before, and it was truly an excellent movie, no cliches... silence used to build up angst and suspense....
Maelstrom was nothing like it. It was a cross between a bad French comedy and a pretentious artsy movie. Trying to rid the plot from cliches and predictability, it was filled with the most absurd of situations. True, it was sometimes funny, and sometimes powerful - but it just seemed like a bunch of references scattered on screen, with music, imagery and pause used not to built the story, but to shock through being "unexpected" and "French artsy".
But it was worth seeing. French-Canadian movies have a feeling of Nordic melancholy that can turn to the good or the bad. Mostly they turn to the good. and some turn nowhere. Like Maelstrom.
Maelstrom was nothing like it. It was a cross between a bad French comedy and a pretentious artsy movie. Trying to rid the plot from cliches and predictability, it was filled with the most absurd of situations. True, it was sometimes funny, and sometimes powerful - but it just seemed like a bunch of references scattered on screen, with music, imagery and pause used not to built the story, but to shock through being "unexpected" and "French artsy".
But it was worth seeing. French-Canadian movies have a feeling of Nordic melancholy that can turn to the good or the bad. Mostly they turn to the good. and some turn nowhere. Like Maelstrom.
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- maximo23
- Feb 14, 2001
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- Also known as
- Maelström
- Filming locations
- Manic 5 dam, Québec, Canada(where Evlan is first seen in a diving suit.)
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- Budget
- $3,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $254,380
- Gross worldwide
- $254,832
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