The Other French New Wave, Vol. 2
Four more trailblazing classics from the dawn of Québec’s cinematic revolution
The Other French New Wave, Vol. 2 (1964-1969)
BETWEEN SWEET AND SALT WATER (ENTRE LA MER ET L'EAU DOUCE) – Leaving his rural hometown for the trials and tribulations of success in the city, young folksinger Claude (Orders star Claude Gauthier) begins a charged romance with waitress Geneviève (Dead Ringers’ Geneviève Bujold). Legendary filmmaker Michel Brault’s celebrated fiction feature debut transposed the intimacy and immediacy of his vérité work and brought new legitimacy to independent cinema in Québec.
WHERE ARE YOU? (OÙ ÊTES-VOUS DONC?) – Coming together across an extended road trip to Montréal, Christian, Georges, and Mouffe each forge a unique path in the face of an increasingly consumerist society. Filmmaker Gilles Groulx’s follow-up to The Cat in the Bag is an intoxicating formal kaleidoscope that pushes cinematic language to its limits.
GENEVIÈVE – Traveling to Québec City for a winter carnival, teenagers Geneviève (Bujold) and Louise (A Woman in Transit's Louise Marleau) experience the joys and disillusionment of a young love affair with Bernard (Bernard Arcand) in Michel Brault’s first collaboration with Bujold.
FABIENNE (FABIENNE SANS SON JULES) – Restless with local celebrity and longing for a lead role in a film, free-spirited chanteuse Fabienne (famed Québécois singer Pauline Julien) relentlessly pursues an offscreen Jean-Luc Godard in this early short from Jacques Godbout (YUL 871, The Mob).
Special features
• Scanned and restored in 2K from the 35mm interpositives by the National Film Board of Canada
• New Between Sweet and Salt Water audio commentary featuring author/professor André Loiselle
• A Certain Bitterness (2026, 32 min.) – New interview with former Cinémathèque québécoise director Robert Daudelin on Where Are You? and the films of Gilles Groulx
• Geneviève Bujold: Art = Life (2018, 5 min.) – A portrait of Bujold inspired by Brault
• Theatrical trailers for Between Sweet and Salt Water, Where Are You?, and the three features from The Other New Wave, Vol. 1
• Booklet featuring a new essay by author Ralph Elawani and a new interview with Godbout by film programmer Marc Lamothe
• Reversible cover artwork
Canadian International Pictures
From arthouse to Canuxploitation, Canadian International Pictures (CIP) is devoted to resurrecting vital, distinctive, and overlooked triumphs of Canadian and Québécois cinema. We are focused on the country’s original cinematic boom years – spanning the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s – occasionally venturing past that period (and the country’s borders) to highlight the films of Canada’s most inspired actors and filmmakers.
