Closing night: L’Effet aquatique

Solveig Anspach, was discovered with Haut les Coeurs at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, where Karin Viard played the main role of a woman with cancer with unforgettable accuracy. Almost 20 years later, the Icelandic filmmaker was caught up by disease and has left us leaving behind a light posthumous comedy, full of life, humor and love. We will close the Festival this year with this gem, which was welcomed by a standing ovation at the last Cannes Film Festival. The film tells with great happiness the meeting between Samir, a forty year old crane operator in Montreuil, falling madly in love with Agathe. As she is a swimming teacher, he decides to approach her by taking swimming lessons although he can swim perfectly fine. But the lie does not last three days - and Agathe hates liars! Nonethless he is ready to do everything to win back his beloved. Aquatic Effect won the SACD Prize at the Directors Fortnight 2016.

Flagey, Brussels Film Festival