''Exit'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Ménard and released in 1986. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 72. The film stars Louise Marleau as Marie, a pianist and composer who is haunted by recurring visions of her late first husband John (

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), leading her to experience intense feelings of guilt over both her indirect responsibility for his death in a car accident and her unresolved jealousy over the fact that he had been more successful in his career. Matthew Fraser, "Impressive cast can't save Exit". ''

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'', October 10, 1986. The cast also includes Pierre Curzi as Marie's current husband Michel, Michel Côté as her lover Simon and Louise Portal as her sister Jeanne, as well as Gabriel Panaccio, Sophie Clément,

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in supporting roles. The film was not positively received by critics. Matthew Fraser of ''

'' wrote that "with that impressive roster of talent, few French-Canadian films have ever been so disappointing. Exit, made for a modest $1.5-million, will likely not join '' Le Declin'' and the handful of other quality French-language features coming out of Quebec these days. Exit probably won't even find its way out of Quebec: the film opens in Montreal today, but already the distributor is so convinced the movie is a turkey - or navet as they say in French - that he's ruled out a subtitled release for English Canada." For the '' Montreal Gazette'', Bruce Bailey wrote that "we could have had an intelligent story about the expiation of guilt after that. But John's frequent re-appearances simply start looking ludicrous after a while and matters aren't helped any when we're asked to buy a bunch of hooey about "astral" projections." The film received four

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nominations at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987, for Best Art Direction/Production Design ( François Séguin),

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( Pierre Mignot), Best Costume Design ( Michèle Hamel) and Best Original Score ( Richard Grégoire,

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).Greg Quill, "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". ''

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'', February 5, 1987.

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* 1986 films 1986 drama films Canadian drama films Films directed by Robert Ménard Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec 1980s French-language films French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub