The Torrent
2012 · 152 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 134 VOTES · DIR. Simon Lavoie
Overview
It’s 1922 in the Quebec countryside, and Claudine Perreault has big plans for her son, François. He’ll enter the priesthood so that God will forgive her for bearing a child out of wedlock. But 17-year-old François is dead set against joining the seminary. Enraged, Claudine strikes him so violently he goes deaf. After his mother’s death, François begins a different kind of relationship with a woman when he buys the wild and aloof young Amica from an Innu peddler.
Dialogue Timeline — 317 lines
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00:00:48 WE WERE GIVEN PASSION FOR THE WORLD, IN A QUIET LAND
00:07:52 THE TORRENT
00:16:25 "When therefore the Judge will sit...
00:19:56 Francois!
00:21:56 While on the highest branch
00:28:06 Eloi?
00:34:05 No, huh'?
00:35:05 Let go of that child!
00:36:48 You mustn't touch it!
00:40:00 Every morning, rise at five.
00:40:51 Throughout my college years, I only wanted to hold on to
00:41:52 but the profound experience of faith was denied me.
00:45:03 Still I was marked by an infinite disgust
00:51:04 so you can attend the Grand Seminary this fall.
00:59:52 I know nothing of sweetness.
01:18:40 The torrent suddenly took on the significance
01:34:21 Come on! Come on!
01:45:08 Or rather, the one who's come before
01:54:37 There's nothing here!
02:02:44 My beginning is my end.
02:12:08 We could have been happy together...
02:14:21 cast out the mean passions of my nature
02:24:35 Right now, I wish I could believe in God...
02:29:52 Copy editing by Oana Avasilichioaei Subtitles by Daniel Canty
Cast & Characters
Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles
François
Laurence Leboeuf
Amica
Laurence Leboeuf
Claudine (jeune)
Dominique Quesnel
Claudine
Anthony Therrien
François (enfant)
Marco Bacon
Colporteur
Roger Blay
Clochard
Normand Canac-Marquis
Proviseur
Aubert Pallascio
Vieil instituteur
Martin Desgagné
Jeune instituteur
Alain Gabriel
Surveillant
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed317
Dialogue density2.1 lines / min
First line00:00:48
Final line02:29:52
Production Record
DirectorSimon Lavoie
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes134