Between Salt and Sweet Water

This title is an acquisition.

Claude leaves his Native girlfriend, his family and his village on the North shore of the St. Lawrence and moves to the big city to try and make a name for himself as a singer-songwriter. Success doesn't come right away and to earn a living he takes on a string of odd jobs in Montréal. He soon falls for Geneviève, a young waitress. But love and ambition don't mix well, and he is forced to make some choices.

Torn between two worlds - the sea, the past, the country and the elders, and the fresh water, the city and modernity - Claude decides to throw himself into his singing career. He achieves fame, but it comes at a price: of love lost, and of solitude.

Entre la mer et l'eau douce is a fine example of the spirit that drove Quebec filmmakers in their efforts to develop an original form of fiction filmmaking born of their cinematic tradition.