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Wild Seas

Wild Seas

Drama · Romance · 2022

A couple of fisher-folk are joined by a young new apprentice in the middle of a raging storm.

Movie details

Wild Seas

2022 Drama · Romance 1h 34m

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TMDB

5.8 / 10

Community rating

A couple of fisher-folk are joined by a young new apprentice in the middle of a raging storm.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Héloïse Pelloquet

Written by

Rémi Brachet · Héloïse Pelloquet

Cécile de France

Cécile de France

Chiara

Félix Lefebvre

Félix Lefebvre

Maxence

Grégoire Monsaingeon

Grégoire Monsaingeon

Antoine

G

Ghislaine Girard

La femme de Tony

J

Josée Lambert

La voisine

Imane Laurence

Imane Laurence

Océane

Jean-Pierre Couton

Jean-Pierre Couton

Tony

Court is in session

Put Wild Seas on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.