''Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

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and released in 2022.Courtney Small
"Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille Review: A stranger than fiction mystery"
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'', April 30, 2022. The film follows Bernie Langille, a man who is investigating the 1968 death of his namesake grandfather at

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under mysterious circumstances.Stephen Cooke
"Bernie Langille unravels a family tragedy at FIN Atlantic International Film Fest"
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'', September 9, 2022. The story is told through a mixture of contemporary footage of the younger Bernie talking about his investigations, old family movies of the older Bernie, and miniature

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reenactments of the various theories about the death. The film is an expansion of a shorter documentary film Torrens released in 2018.Andrew Jeffrey
"Hot Docs ’22 exclusive clip: Jackie Torrens expands 'Bernie Langille' short to feature"
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'', April 29, 2022. The film premiered on April 30, 2022, at the

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. It was subsequently screened at the 2022

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, where it won the awards for Best Atlantic Documentary and Best Atlantic Editor (Sarah Byrne).Stephen Cooke
"Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Bernie Langille among Atlantic International Film Festival award winners"
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'', September 22, 2022.

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