The fishmonger's son Evian, a diver who was recently inspecting Manicouagan River, learns Annstein was cremated. She survives, and interprets her survival as a sign that she deserves to recover her life.

She eventually decides to dispose of the evidence, driving her car into a river. Bibiane reads confirmation of the death in a newspaper, and considers turning herself in she confides in a stranger on a subway and consults him about turning herself in, but he tells her this will not bring the victim back. The restaurant investigates the poor quality of octopus and realize the usual octopus trapper, Annstein, is missing, and find him dead. While at a restaurant, Claire and Bibiane order octopus but discover it is stale. Injured, Annstein stumbles back to his apartment, where he dies at the kitchen table. One night, while driving, Bibiane accidentally hits a 53-year-old Norwegian Canadian fishmonger, Annstein Karson, and subsequently flees the scene. She is supported by her friend, Claire, but struggles with drugs and alcohol. Bibiane claims business is good, but her partner, her brother Philippe, accosts her for numerous failures. She is interviewed by a journalist about her success and being the daughter of a famous person named Flo Fabert.

A 25-year-old businesswoman named Bibiane Champagne, head of three clothing boutiques, has an abortion. While being gutted alive by a fishmonger, a dying fish chooses to share a story that took place in Quebec during the autumn of 1999. It won five Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival. The film premiered at the Montréal World Film Festival in August 2000 and received positive reviews, with some detractors. Filming took place in Montreal in 1999, with animatronics to depict the fish narrator. He cast Croze, then a novice actress, in the lead role. Villeneuve conceived of the story, basing it on his interest in car accidents and modelling the protagonist after various women he knew.

Employing fantasy and comedic elements, Maelström is narrated by a talking fish. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed young businesswoman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she killed in a hit-and-run accident. Maelström is a 2000 Canadian psychological drama film written and directed by Denis Villeneuve.

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