''Polygraph'' (french: Le Polygraphe) is a film by

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director

Robert Lepage Robert Lepage (born December 12, 1957) is a Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director. Early life Lepage was raised in Quebec City. At age five, he was diagnosed with a rare form of alopecia, which caused complete hair l ...

, released in 1996. The film stars

Marie Brassard Marie Brassard is a Canadian actress,Histoire du théâtre au Canada'. Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto; 1990. p. 158. theatrical writer and director. She is known for her work with playwright and actor Robert LepageNew Yo ...

as Lucie Champagne, an actress who is given the role of Marie-Claire in a film dramatizing a real-life murder, and Patrick Goyette as François, Lucie's former boyfriend who was Marie-Claire's neighbour and is a suspect in the real crime. The film's cast also includes

Josée Deschênes Josée Deschênes (born August 9, 1961 in Jonquière (now Saguenay, Quebec)) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performances in the films ''Polygraph'', for which she was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress ...

Maria de Medeiros Maria Esteves de Medeiros Victorino de Almeida, DamSE (born 19 August 1965), known professionally as Maria de Medeiros (), is a Portuguese actress, director, and singer who has been involved in both European and American film productions. Ear ...

, Peter Stormare, Marie-Christine Lê-Huu and Richard Fréchette.

Awards

The film garnered nine Genie Award nominations at the 17th Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture,

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(Lepage),

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(Brassard), Best Supporting Actress (Deschênes, de Medeiros), Best Adapted Screenplay (Lepage, Brassard), Best Cinematography (

Guy Dufaux Guy Dufaux (; born July 18, 1943, in Lille, France) is a French-born Canadian cinematographer. The majority of his works have been in Canadian cinema; he immigrated to Canada in 1965 and became a Canadian citizen in 1971. He is also the father of ...

), Overall Sound (

Jo Caron Jocelyn "Jo" Caron is a Canadian production sound mixer. He was nominated in the 28th Genie Awards for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound for '' Shake Hands with the Devil'' (shared with Eric Fitz, Gavin Fernandes, Benoit Leduc). ...

, Claude Hazanavicius, Hans Peter Strobl and John Nestorowich) and Sound Editing (Jean-Pierre Pinard, Jérôme Décarie, Serge Fortin, Raymond Vermette, Mario Rodrigue and Jacques Plante).

External links

* * 1996 films Canadian drama films Films directed by Robert Lepage French-language Canadian films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub