Underplayed Gems

Ghosts of the Sea (2024)

Ghosts of the Sea poster
Original title
Les enfants du large
Directed by
Virginia Tangvald
Genre
documentary
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 37m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman investigates the lives and deaths of her father and brother who both died in separate shipwrecks. The film follows her search for understanding about their fates.

introspectivemelancholicpersonalcontemplativehauntingslow-pacedsomberreflective

What happens

Ghosts of the Sea (French: Les Enfants du large) is a Canadian-French multimedia book and documentary film project by Virginia Tangvald, released in 2024. The book and the film both centre on her search for more information and understanding about her father, Norwegian adventurer Peter Tangvald, and her brother, Thomas Tangvald, who both died in separate shipwreck incidents in 1991 and 2014. The book was published in September, while the film premiered in the National Competition at the 2024 Festival du nouveau cinéma. At FNC, the film won the TV5 Audience Award. Tangvald's initial proposal for the film was previously the winner of the Pitch Premières Œuvres prize at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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