Directed by Denis Villeneuve | Canada | 88 mins
Part of our Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium series, presented in collaboration with the University of Calgary's Department of Communication, Media and Film.
An unconventional early work in the filmography of the increasingly mainstream filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve.
Maelström explores a fascination with car crashes, the search for connection, and confounding imagery through the lens of black comedy. Narrated by a talking fish in the process of being butchered, a woman looks to discover more about the life of a man whose death she feels responsible for after a car crash. Unlikely romances, emotional crescendos, and surreal moments flavour a film as rewarding as it is bizarre.
Rating: 18A, contains nudity and sexual content.
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