The Confessional

The Confessional (French: Le Confessionnal) is a 1995 mystery-drama film directed by Robert Lepage.

For other uses, see Confessional (disambiguation).
The Confessional
Directed byRobert Lepage
Produced byPhilippe Carcassonne
David Puttnam
Denise Robert
Written byRobert Lepage
StarringLothaire Bluteau
Patrick Goyette
Music bySacha Puttnam
CinematographyAlain Dostie
Edited byEmmanuelle Castro
Distributed byAlliance Vivafilm
Release date
  • August 24, 1995 (1995-08-24) (Italy)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
France
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish, French

The film is set in Quebec City, in two distinct time periods. In the present day, Pierre Lamontagne (Lothaire Bluteau) searches for his estranged 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 Picture and the Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time director at the 16th Genie Awards. 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.[1][2]

Cast

See also

References
  1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. "41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.


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