Remorques is essentially a film about the ocean and its effects on the people associated with it; for the main character Capitaine André Laurent it introduces him to the mysterious Catherine, for André's wife Yvonne, the sea is what prevents her and her husband from living a quiet life, which is all that she wants.
The plot is simple to follow and the viewer is constantly drawn back to the sea, in almost every scene there is a reference to it, whether it be a beach in the background of the shot or the sound of a howling wind. The final scene was for me the strongest with the wind howling, the chanting of mournful voices accompanied by the images of the captain's tugboat and his journey through the sheets of rain, back to the sea.
The plot is simple to follow and the viewer is constantly drawn back to the sea, in almost every scene there is a reference to it, whether it be a beach in the background of the shot or the sound of a howling wind. The final scene was for me the strongest with the wind howling, the chanting of mournful voices accompanied by the images of the captain's tugboat and his journey through the sheets of rain, back to the sea.