Le torrent (2022)
Release Year: 2022
Nation: Canada
Alternative Title: Spiral - Im Strom der Lügen, Spirál, Spirala kłamstw, El peso de la duda
Director: Simon Lavoie
Writer: Anne Hébert, Simon Lavoie
Summary
Le torrent is a Canadian historical drama directed by Simon Lavoie and released in 2012. The film centers around François Perreault, who lives with his strict mother Claudine on a remote farm. Claudine's desire for François to become a priest leads to tension between them. After an altercation where Claudine hits him, François loses his hearing. Post-Claudine's death, François enters into a relationship with Amica, a young woman he purchases from an indigenous peddler.