Belle River (film)

Belle River is a 2022 Canadian thriller film directed by Guillaume de Fontenay and written by Ian Carpenter and Aaron Martin. The film stars Anna Hopkins, Natalie Brown, and Earl Pastko.

The story revolves around Joanne (Anna Hopkins), a woman who returns to her small hometown of Belle River after her mother's sudden death. As she prepares for the funeral, she begins to uncover secrets and lies surrounding her mother's life and the town itself. She teams up with her childhood friend, Sarah (Natalie Brown), and together they investigate a series of unsettling events that reveal a dark underbelly beneath the idyllic surface of Belle River. The investigation leads them to question everything they thought they knew about their families and the town's history. The film explores themes of family secrets, small-town dynamics, and the consequences of buried truths.