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Between Salt and Sweet Water
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Wikipedia article
'Between Salt and Sweet Water' , also known as 'Drifting Upstream', is a 1967 Qubcois film directed by Michel Brault, co-written by Brault, Grald Godin, Marcel Dub, Claude Jutra and Denys Arcand.
The film also features boxer Ronald Jones in a small role. Jones was one of the subjects of Gilles Groulx's 1961 documentary 'Golden Gloves'.
Plot
Claude (Claude Gauthier) leaves his small town on the Cte-Nord to go to Montreal, where he works several odd jobs and eventually falls in love with Genevive (Genevive Bujold), a pretty waitress who works in a local diner. Claude enters a singing contest that launches his career. As he gradually becomes more well known, he has a brief affair with a married woman and breaks up with Genevive. He returns to his hometown but nothing seems the same. Back in Montreal, he becomes increasingly more successful as a singer. One night he meets Genevive backstage, only to learn she is now married, and realizes one can be as lonely in a small town as in a big city.
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Additional information
This film has also been released under the following titles:
* - Canada (original title)
* - Austria (TV title) / East Germany (TV title) / West Germany (TV title)
*Between Sweet and Salt Water - International (English title)
*Drifting Upstream - Canada (English title)
* - Sweden
Reception
is widely regarded as Michel Brault's most poetic and richly complex film.
The film was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films-quebecois-a-cannes/2/ "Les films qubcois Cannes travers lhistoire"]. 'Films du Qubec', April 28, 2019.
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