Julie and her parents, Loïc and Louison, make their living fishing on a small island off the coast of Brittany. In order to escape their debts, they are forced to part with their boat in exchange for a scrappage bonus. The family struggles to cope with this new life without a boat, and Julie takes refuge in her passion for the saxophone to overcome the strange feeling of being overwhelmed that gradually takes hold of her...
Acting
Olivia Ross's wordless saxophone scenes speak louder than any dialogue.
Cinematography
Brittany's grey seascapes as prison and possibility.
Sound
The sax becomes Julie's voice when words fail her family.
Director
Marine Place
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Brittany's fishing crisis mirrors real 2010s EU quota struggles; Place filmed in her hometown of Belle-Île-en-Mer.
The title's 'blowing harder than the sea' inverts maritime masculinity — Julie's breath replaces the boat's engine as power.
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