Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident. The film has won 23 awards, including 5 Genie Awards and the FIPRESCI Prize, and was nominated for 8 more awards.