The Marsh (2002)

Original title

Le marais

Directed by

Kim Nguyen

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two outcasts settle on a haunted marsh near a 19th century Eastern European village. When a local woman goes missing, the men become falsely suspected of a crime.

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What happens

The Marsh (French: Le Marais) is a 2002 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Kim Nguyen. Set in Eastern Europe during the 19th century, the film stars Gregory Hlady and Paul Ahmarani as Alexandre and Ulysse, two social outcasts who settle on a haunted marsh on the outskirts of a village, but become wrongly suspected of criminal wrongdoing after a woman from the village disappears. The film's cast also includes Gabriel Gascon, Karina Aktouf, James Hyndman, Réal Bossé and Alex Ivanovici. The film premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival. Gascon received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 23rd Genie Awards. The film received six Prix Jutra nominations at the 5th Jutra Awards, for Best Film, Best Director (Nguyen), Best Actor (Ahmarani), Best Screenplay (Nguyen), Best Cinematography (Éric Cayla and Daniel Vincelette), and Best Art Direction (Monique Dion). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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