Water Child

Water Child
FrenchL'Enfant d'eau
Directed byRobert Ménard
Written byClaire Wojas
Produced byRobert Ménard
Roger Frappier
StarringDavid La Haye
Marie-France Monette
Gilbert Sicotte
Monique Spaziani
CinematographyMichel Caron
Edited byMichel Arcand
Music byRonald de Gagné
Richard Grégoire
Production
companies
Les Productions Vidéofilms
Max Films Productions
National Film Board
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Water Child (French: L'Enfant d'eau) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Ménard and released in 1995.[1] The film stars David La Haye as Émile, a mentally handicapped young adult who survives a plane crash, finding himself on an otherwise deserted island with Cendrine (Marie-France Monette), a teenage girl.[1]

The film's cast also includes Gilbert Sicotte, Danielle Proulx and Monique Spaziani.

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 16th Genie Awards: Best Actor (La Haye) and Best Original Score (Richard Grégoire).[2] La Haye won the award for Best Actor.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "L'Enfant d'Eau takes a while to find its bearings". Montreal Gazette, August 29, 1995.
  2. ^ "Genie Award nominees". Ottawa Citizen, January 14, 1996.
  3. ^ "Three Genies for Le Confessionnal: Margaret's Museum wins six". Calgary Herald, January 15, 1996.


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