Fear of Water (2011 film)

Fear of Water (French: La Peur de l'eau) is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Gabriel Pelletier and released in 2011.[1] The film stars Pierre-François Legendre as André Surprenant, a police officer in the Magdalen Islands who is investigating the rape and murder of the mayor's daughter Rosalie (Stéphanie Lapointe).[2]

Fear of Water
Film poster
FrenchLa Peur de l'eau
Directed byGabriel Pelletier
Produced byNicole Robert
Written byGabriel Pelletier
Marcel Beaulieu
StarringPierre-François Legendre
Brigitte Pogonat
Normand D'Amour
Pascale Bussières
Stéphanie Lapointe
Music byLaurent Eyquem
CinematographyNicolas Bolduc
Edited byGlenn Berman
Production
company
Distributed byRemstar
Release date
  • November 19, 2011 (2011-11-19)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Brigitte Pogonat, Sandrine Bisson, Isabelle Cyr, Paul Doucet, Normand D'Amour, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Germain Houde and Pascale Bussières.

The film was inspired by, but not a direct adaptation of, Jean Lemieux's crime novel On finit toujours par payer.[2]

The film had its theatrical premiere in November 2011,[1] before going into commercial release in January 2012.[3]

Awards

The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012, for Best Supporting Actress (Bisson) and Best Sound (Mario Auclair, Pierre-Jules Audet and Luc Boudrias).[4] It won the award for Best Film at the Festival international du film policier de Liège in 2012.[5]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Peur de l’eau, La – Film de Gabriel Pelletier". Films du Québec, January 7, 2012.
  2. André Duchesne, "La peur de l'eau, film d'horreur?". La Presse, October 4, 2012.
  3. Guillaume Fournier, "La peur de l’eau : L’île noire". Voir, January 19, 2012.
  4. "Prix Jutra: Monsieur Lazhar en tête avec 9 nominations". Voir, January 31, 2012.
  5. "La peur de l'eau triomphe au Festival international du film policier de Liège". Ici Radio-Canada, April 26, 2012.
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