Between Salt and Sweet Water
{{redirect|Entre la mer et l'eau douce|the Hrsta song of the same name|Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Between Salt and Sweet Water
| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Entre la mer et l'eau douce}}
| image =
| caption =
| director = Michel Brault
| producer =
| writer = Michel Brault
Gérald Godin
Marcel Dubé
Claude Jutra
Denys Arcand
| starring = Claude Gauthier
Geneviève Bujold
Denise Bombardier
Robert Charlebois
| music = Claude Gauthier
| cinematography = Michel Brault
Bernard Gosselin
Jean-Claude Labrecque
| editing = Michel Brault
Werner Nold
| studio =
| runtime = 85 minutes
| released = {{Film date|1967}}
| country = Canada
| language = French
| budget =
}}
Between Salt and Sweet Water ({{langx|fr|Entre la mer et l'eau douce}}), also known as Drifting Upstream, is a 1967 Québécois film directed by Michel Brault, co-written by Brault, Gérald Godin, Marcel Dubé, Claude Jutra and Denys Arcand.
The film also features boxer Ronald Jones in a small role. Jones was one of the subjects of Gilles Groulx's 1961 documentary Golden Gloves.{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Bill|title=Quebec National Cinema|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|date=2000-10-10 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/quebecnationalci00mars/page/74 74]|isbn=0-7735-2116-X|url=https://archive.org/details/quebecnationalci00mars|url-access=registration|quote=Gloves.}}
Plot
Claude (Claude Gauthier) leaves his small town on the Côte-Nord to go to Montreal, where he works several odd jobs and eventually falls in love with Geneviève (Geneviève Bujold), a pretty waitress who works in a local diner. Claude enters a singing contest that launches his career. As he gradually becomes more well known, he has a brief affair with a married woman and breaks up with Geneviève. He returns to his hometown but nothing seems the same. Back in Montreal, he becomes increasingly more successful as a singer. One night he meets Geneviève backstage, only to learn she is now married, and realizes one can be as lonely in a small town as in a big city.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Claude Gauthier as Claude Tremblay
- Geneviève Bujold as Geneviève
- Paul Gauthier as Roger Tremblay
- Denise Bombardier as Denyse
- Robert Charlebois as Ti-Paul
- Louise Latraverse as Aude, la soeur de Claude
- Gérald Godin as Steve
- Reggie Chartrand as Réginald
}}
Additional information
This film has also been released under the following titles:
- {{lang|fr|Entre la mer et l'eau douce}} - Canada (original title)
- {{lang|de|Zwischen den Welten}} - Austria (TV title) / East Germany (TV title) / West Germany (TV title)
- Between Sweet and Salt Water - International (English title)
- Drifting Upstream - Canada (English title)
- {{lang|sv|Mellan hav och stilla vatten}} - Sweden
Reception
{{lang|fr|Entre la mer et l'eau douce}} is widely regarded as Michel Brault's most poetic and richly complex film.{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=44&csid1=14&navid=46|title=Between Salt and Sweet Water|publisher=Film Reference Library|year=2003|accessdate=2009-10-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012051557/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=44&csid1=14&navid=46|archivedate=2007-10-12}}
The film was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films-quebecois-a-cannes/2/ "Les films québécois à Cannes à travers l’histoire"]. Films du Québec, April 28, 2019.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0061627}}
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Category:Films set in Montreal
Category:1960s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Michel Brault