''The Aquatic Effect'' (french: L'Effet aquatique) is a 2016 French-Icelandic
comedy-drama film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
directed by
Sólveig Anspach
Sólveig Anspach (8 December 1960 – 7 August 2015) was an Icelandic-French film director and screenwriter. Born to a German-Romanian father Gerhard Anspach and an Icelandic mother Högna Sigurðardóttir, she spent most of her life livin ...
. It was screened in the
Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...
section at the
2016 Cannes Film Festival where it won the SACD Award.
It won the
César Award for Best Original Screenplay
The César Award for Best Original Screenplay (french: César du meilleur scénario original) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. It was initially awarded from 1983 to 1985, and then awarded again in 2006, whe ...
at the
42nd César Awards
The 42nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 24 February 2017, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2016. Jérôme Commandeur hosted the César Awards cerem ...
.
Cast
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Samir Guesmi
Samir Guesmi (born 7 October 1967) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1988.
Filmography Actor
Filmmaker
Theatre
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
French male f ...
as Samir
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Florence Loiret Caille
Florence Loiret Caille (born 26 June 1975) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1996.
Filmography
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
French film actresses
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as Agathe
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Philippe Rebbot
Philippe Rebbot is a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1998 and starred in several films including The Aquatic Effect, Une famille à louer and Northern Wind.
Filmography
Personal life
In 2004, Rebbot met the actres ...
as Reboute
* Estéban as Daniel
* Stéphane Soo Mongo as Youssef
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Olivia Côte
Olivia Côte is a French actress.
Filmography Actress
Writer
Theater
References
External links
*
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French film actresses
Living people
21st-century French actresses
French television actresses
Year of ...
as Corinne
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Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (; born 22 November 1963) is an Icelandic actor who has worked extensively in Icelandic cinema. He has had roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's '' Englar alheimsins'' (''Angels of the Universe'') and Baltasar Kormá ...
as Siggi
References
External links
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2016 films
2016 drama films
2016 comedy films
2016 romantic comedy-drama films
French romantic comedy-drama films
2010s French-language films
Icelandic romantic comedy-drama films
Films directed by Sólveig Anspach
2010s French films
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