The Confessional
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Duration Country CanadaFranceUnited Kingdom | 7.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller Awards Claude Jutra Award Writer Robert Lepage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 24, 1995 (1995-08-24) (Italy)September 29, 1995 (1995-09-29) (U.S.) Cast (Pierre Lamontagne), Patrick Goyette (Marc Lamontagne), (Raymond Massicotte), (Assistant to Hitchcock), Ron Burrage (Alfred Hitchcock)Similar movies Robert Lepage directed The Confessional and Le Polygraphe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crisis at the confessional
The Confessional (French: Le Confessionnal) is a 1995 mystery-drama film directed by Robert Lepage.
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The film is set in Quebec City, in two distinct time periods. In the present day, Pierre Lamontagne (Lothaire Bluteau) searches for his brother Marc (Pierre Goyette) to help unravel a family mystery. The mystery itself unfolds in flashbacks set against the backdrop of Alfred Hitchcock's 1952 filming of I Confess in the city.
The cast also includes Ron Burrage as Hitchcock, Kristin Scott Thomas as his assistant, and Jean-Louis Millette as Raymond Massicotte, Marc's lover who also holds the key to unlocking the Lamontagne family's secrets.
The Confessional won the Genie Award for Best Canadian Film of 1996, as well as the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time director. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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