Beneath the Surface () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie-Geneviève Chabot and released in 2021."Le lac des hommes en première mondiale aux RVQC". Ici Radio-Canada, April 30, 2021. An exploration of modern masculinity, the film centres on Laurent Sirois, a man who is on a fishing trip with his sons Jean-Pierre, Stéphane and Jérôme, who are all dealing with their complicated relationship after his separation and divorce from their mother largely removed him from their childhood.André Lavoie, "«Le lac des hommes»: la truite lumineuse". Le Devoir, June 10, 2022.
The film premiered at the 2021 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma. It was later screened at the 2022 Canadian Film Festival,Kelly Townsend, "Canadian Film Fest to open with world premiere of Tehranto". Playback, March 2, 2022. where Chabot won the DGC Ontario award for best director,Victoria Ahearn, "In brief: Federal budget allocates $50 million to arts, culture, and heritage organizations". Playback, April 8, 2022. and at the 2022 Festival de films d’auteurs de Val-Morin.Ève Ménard, "Explorer une masculinité vulnérable qu’on voit peu". Accès, April 13, 2022.
It went into commercial release in June 2022.
Critical response André Lavoie of Le Devoir compared the film to The Shimmering Beast (La Bête lumineuse), Pierre Perrault's influential 1982 documentary about male friendship on a hunting trip.
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