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]

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