Tempête (2015)

Dominique Leborne, 36, is a deckhand and fisherman aboard the Petit Gaël II, a fishing boat based in the port of Les Sables-d’Olonne. He works grueling three-week fishing trips known as “the deep-sea trade.” Since his divorce, his children have chosen to live with him despite his absences, though he sees them for only a few days on some weekends. They are more or less left to fend for themselves in the modest, run-down family home. When he learns that Mailys, his ex-wife’s daughter, whom he has acknowledged as his own, is pregnant, Dominique must choose between his job and his role as a father. Social services become concerned about the children’s living conditions. To keep custody of them, he decides to leave the deep-sea trade and become the skipper of a small boat that will allow him to return to shore each evening. He goes back into training and puts together an application to buy a boat, but things are not so easy.