
Seismologist Alice Bradley is despatched to her home town of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, to investigate why the tides have stopped flowing there. She is reunited with an old college friend, reporter Catherine Rolland, and meets roguish pilot Marc Vandal. It soon becomes apparent that the problems with the tide coincided with a variety of odd behaviour amongst the Baie-Comeau residents, and Alice gradually realises that the solution to the mystery may be stranger than she ever antici... (Full plot summary below)
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Seismologist Alice Bradley is despatched to her home town of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, to investigate why the tides have stopped flowing there. She is reunited with an old college friend, reporter Catherine Rolland, and meets roguish pilot Marc Vandal. It soon becomes apparent that the problems with the tide coincided with a variety of odd behaviour amongst the Baie-Comeau residents, and Alice gradually realises that the solution to the mystery may be stranger than she ever anticipated.
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| Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)Brian GibsonA little too slick and self-aware, [the movie] never sinks under the weight of its themes, but this artsy craft of a film does creak and list en route to a safe, soppy ending. |
| Globe and MailRay ConlogueBriand's first film, 2 Seconds, was a success. With Chaos and Desire she has overreached herself, but she is an ambitious artist and is moving in an intriguing direction. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellWith a smile halfway between seduction and a smirk, and an intensity that speaks of dark secrets and longing, Bussières has the duality needed to play Alice, a seismologist from sleepy Baie-Comeau. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunSo visually energetic and smartly written that one never stops enjoying the sheer pleasure of looking at it. |
| User Reviewalexandre gmon encien voisin est un figurans assez important lol, le sauveteur a la fin :P |
| User ReviewMaya HQUEL FILM EXTRAORDINAIRE ... J"ai tout simplement adoré ! |
| User ReviewMithun GThe best movie ever. I can watch it over and over and over again. |
| User ReviewSandrine PMagnifique... les paysages sont superbes, les acteurs géniaux... |
| User ReviewNicolas GBaie-Comeau connaît des remous mystérieux, pendant que les personnages font de même, ne se dévoilant qu'à moitié, tout intrigants qu'ils sont. Et c'est très bien ainsi. Le mariage des genres consommé, vous pouvez embrasser la marée. |
| User ReviewCarl SStrange, sarcastic, poignant, surreal. Like a lot of Quebecois films, it has a certain sentimentality at its heart, but I'll take that over knee-jerk snideness any day. A long, hot, airless dream about fate and redemption. |