''The Confessional'' (french: Le Confessionnal) is a 1995 mystery-Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Robert Lepage.
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 (Patrick 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 (film), 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 Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture, 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 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
* Lothaire Bluteau as Pierre Lamontagne
* Patrick Goyette as Marc Lamontagne
* Jean-Louis Millette as Raymond Massicotte
* Kristin Scott Thomas as Assistant to Hitchcock
* Ron Burrage as Alfred Hitchcock
* Richard Fréchette as André Lamontagne
* François Papineau as Paul-Émile Lamontagne
* Marie Gignac as Françoise Lamontagne
* Normand Daneau as The Young Priest Massicotte
* Anne-Marie Cadieux as Manon
* Suzanne Clément as Rachel
* Lynda Lepage-Beaulieu as Jeanne d'Arc
* Pascal Rollin as The Parish Priest Laliberte
* Billy Merasty as Moose
* Paul Hébert as The Parish Priest (1989)
See also
* List of films featuring diabetes
* List of submissions to the 68th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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Canadian Film Encyclopedia
1995 films
French mystery drama films
Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Canadian mystery drama films
1990s mystery drama films
Films about films
Films set in Quebec City
Films directed by Robert Lepage
Best First Feature Genie and Canadian Screen Award-winning films
Films shot in Quebec
Canadian LGBT-related films
LGBT-related drama films
1995 LGBT-related films
1995 directorial debut films
1995 drama films
Cultural depictions of Alfred Hitchcock
French-language Canadian films
1990s English-language films
1990s Canadian films
1990s French films
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