Big Giant Wave

Big Giant Wave
FrenchComme une vague
Directed byMarie-Julie Dallaire
Written byAndrée Blais
Marie-Julie Dallaire
Produced byMarie-Julie Dallaire
Nathan Ross
Alex Sliman
Jean-Marc Vallée
StarringPatrick Watson
Stéphane Tétreault
Osunlade
CinematographyJosée Deshaies
Tobie Marier Robitaille
Edited byLouis-Martin Paradis
Production
company
Griffinpark Films
Distributed byLes Films Séville
Release date
  • March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19) (IFFA)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French

Big Giant Wave (French: Comme une vague, lit. "Like a Wave") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie-Julie Dallaire and released in 2021.[1] The film is an homage to the power and influence of music, exploring the topic both through performance clips and interviews with various figures including singer-songwriter Patrick Watson, classical violinist Stéphane Tétreault and DJ Osunlade.[2]

The film premiered on March 19, 2021, at the International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal,[3] before being released commercially on April 2 in both English and French versions.[1]

  1. ^ a b J.P. Karwacki, "In Big Giant Wave, a film about the all-encompassing power of music, it all comes back to Montreal". Montreal Gazette, April 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Alex Rose, "Big Giant Wave is a cinematic homage to music". Cult MTL, April 2, 2021.
  3. ^ François Lévesque, "Marie-Julie Dallaire et Jean-Marc Vallée: la poésie du son". Le Devoir, March 19, 2021.