Beneath the Surface (2021)

Directed by

Marie-Genevieve Chabot

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 15m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about a man named Laurent Sirois who takes a fishing trip with his three sons. They address the strained relationship that developed after his divorce left him largely absent from their childhood.

contemplativeintimatemelancholicobservationalunderstatedreflectivenaturalistic

What happens

Beneath the Surface (French: Le Lac des hommes, lit. 'The Lake of Men') is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie-Geneviève Chabot and released in 2021. An exploration of modern masculinity, the film centres on Laurent Sirois, a man who is on a fishing trip with his sons Jean-Pierre, Stéphane and Jérôme, who are all dealing with their complicated relationship after his separation and divorce from their mother largely removed him from their childhood. The film premiered at the 2021 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. It was later screened at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival, where Chabot won the DGC Ontario award for best director, and at the 2022 Festival de films d’auteurs de Val-Morin. It went into commercial release in June 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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