Beneath the Surface (2021 film)

Beneath the Surface
FrenchLe Lac des hommes
Directed byMarie-Geneviève Chabot
Written byMarie-Geneviève Chabot
Produced byMarie-Geneviève Chabot
StarringLaurent Sirois
Jean-Pierre Sirois
Stéphane Sirois
Jérôme Sirois
CinematographyKarine van Ameringen
Edited byNatalie Lamoureux
Production
company
Les Films de l'autre
Distributed byLes Films du 3 mars
Release date
  • April 30, 2021 (2021-04-30) (RVQC)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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.[1] 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.[2]

The film premiered at the 2021 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.[1] It was later screened at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival,[3] where Chabot won the DGC Ontario award for best director,[4] and at the 2022 Festival de films d’auteurs de Val-Morin.[5]

It went into commercial release in June 2022.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Le lac des hommes en première mondiale aux RVQC". Ici Radio-Canada, April 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b André Lavoie, "«Le lac des hommes»: la truite lumineuse". Le Devoir, June 10, 2022.
  3. ^ Kelly Townsend, "Canadian Film Fest to open with world premiere of Tehranto". Playback, March 2, 2022.
  4. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "In brief: Federal budget allocates $50 million to arts, culture, and heritage organizations". Playback, April 8, 2022.
  5. ^ Ève Ménard, "Explorer une masculinité vulnérable qu’on voit peu". Accès, April 13, 2022.