Fear of Water (French: La Peur de l'eau) is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Gabriel Pelletier and released in 2011.
[1] The film stars Pierre-François Legendre as André Surprenant, a police officer in the Magdalen Islands who is investigating the rape and murder of the mayor's daughter Rosalie (Stéphanie Lapointe).
[2] The film's cast also includes Brigitte Pogonat, Sandrine Bisson, Isabelle Cyr, Paul Doucet, Normand D'Amour, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Germain Houde and Pascale Bussières.
The film was inspired by, but not a direct adaptation of, Jean Lemieux's crime novel On finit toujours par payer.
[3] The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012, for Best Supporting Actress (Bisson) and Best Sound (Mario Auclair, Pierre-Jules Audet and Luc Boudrias).