
It tells the story of Yann Kermadec whose dreams suddenly come true when he has to replace the DCNS star skipper at the last minute before the start of the Vendée Globe (a round-the-world non-stop single-handed yacht race). After several days of racing, Yann, who is in the lead, has to stop to repair a damaged rudder. This will disrupt his round-the-world journey...... (Full plot summary below)
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It tells the story of Yann Kermadec whose dreams suddenly come true when he has to replace the DCNS star skipper at the last minute before the start of the Vendée Globe (a round-the-world non-stop single-handed yacht race). After several days of racing, Yann, who is in the lead, has to stop to repair a damaged rudder. This will disrupt his round-the-world journey...
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| Montreal GazetteT'Cha DunlevyQuebec star Karine Vanasse brings welcome warmth to an all-too-brief appearance, halfway through. Which only reminds us how half-hearted the rest of this film feels. |
| User ReviewMatthew F. JGorgeous film, great acting and great human adventure, this film is touching a special chord. |
| User ReviewSandy TProbably the best film about yachting I've seen. The plot might be a bit weak, but at least you can believe that the actor might actually have got the sails up himself. |
| User ReviewDarren BGreat movie even if you are not into sailing! This one keeps you on the edge and thoroughly entertained! It is in French so subtitles abound. Highly Recommended! |
| User ReviewSarfaraz ATurning Tide (En Solitaire) - French-Belgian-Spanish drama, co-written and directed by Christophe Offenstein (Blood Ties - his debut-directorial and formerly Director-of-Photography). Starring Francois Cluzet (The Intouchables), Samy Seghir and Virginie Efira. Its budget include 17 million ($23 million) Euro co-production. Film opens with gala moment celebrated inside the studio, from where the crew talk via Skype to Yann Kermadec (Cluzet). Yann is in his 40s a man of demeanor - he's partaking in global Vendée Globe yacht-race - participating and sailing his brother-in-law's yacht (who for some accident could not do it himself - and Yann is thankful to him for this accident, he tells him). Yacht is solar-powered and extremely hi-tech, with different navigational gadgets, laptops, iPads, Wi-Fi - usually remains in contac with his little daughter and love-interest Marie (Virginie Efira - Belgian actress). Yann wants to break the records of others, and be the first to lead the group of sailors (each yacht with single captain only). After some damage to his rudder nearby 'Canary Island', Yann anchors for two days to fix it all by himself - when he's set to go, on the way he notices a 16-year old Mauritanian boy Mano (Seghir) who snuck onto the boat near Canary Island. Yann becomes panicked and worries about his disqualification. He scolds and briefly manhandles the little boy, but somehow let it be that way. He constantly asks him to remain inside the boat so not to be spotted by others. Yann is notified via link that an accident has occurred nearby and that he should go and check on the captain of the boat. He rescues a woman-sailor (Karine Vanasse) from England - from whom Yann hides the secret about Mano, but then decides that it would be quite impracticable to sail on ship for two days and not notice it. Karine befriends the boy and on her departure, she requests Yann to look after the boy. Gradually the two bond friendship, after Yann finds out that he's got Anemia. What follows next, is great expedition to sail through. I cannot believe that this film has not been reviewed by some critics, and somehow it has gone overlooked (as most of the likes do usually). Turning Tide is another addition to the movies set on 'at the waters' - a remarkable photography and breathtaking ocean waves. While the film also drags us onto the soil to get us acquainted with the characters who belong to Yann's life - possibly his daughter, love-interest and the crew he's been in contact with. Unnecessarily this might not have had the same altitude that you should seek, but nevertheless the film does offer 'hilarious scenes', 'dramatic-lines' and 'adventurous thrills'. So go ahead if you want to see the waters from French perspective. |
| User ReviewEdson LFrank Devil (Guillaume Canet) is about to take part in the Vendée Globe, a solo yacht race around the world. When the competitor has an unforeseen, asks Yann Kermadec (François Cluzet), whose dream is to sail around the world, to go instead. After several days, Yann is in the lead, but have to stop in a town to repair damage at the helm. Solved the problem, the man soon learns that a boy sneaked into the boat and this can disqualify you from the competition. |
| User ReviewLaurent PLe film pourrait se reveler tres vite repetitif au gre des vagues, le scenario conserve pourtant une certaine nervosite dans sa routine. La fin n'evite pas les bons sentiments sans se departir d'une logique coherente... |
| User ReviewTim PGreat sailing scenes combine with an absolutely ridiculous and saccharine ending. |
| User ReviewLaurent BProbablement un des films les plus stupides que j'ai jamais vu. Soit on voit ça comme une métaphore sur l'immigration, et le résultat n'est pas bien joli : un mauritanien qui s'incruste dans un bateau français pour immigrer clandestinement, et devient sérieusement casse-pieds, constituant un danger pour le périple, et ralentissant le "bateau France" = belle métaphore sur l'immigration à destination d'un public bien à droite. Soit on voit ça comme un film humaniste, ultra politiquement correct à en devenir sirupeux...bref, dans les deux cas, c'est pas terrible...On imagine que c'est le message humaniste qu'a voulu transmettre le réalisateur, mais ce n'est guère convaincant. A part Cluzet, les acteurs (Efira, Arly Jover etc) c'est pas non plus du haut de gamme. On retiendra de belles images en mer, Cluzet toujours aussi bon, mais pour le reste, je ne trouve rien à sauver. Dommage. |