The Confessional

The Confessional
The Confessional
Directed by	Robert Lepage
Written by	Robert Lepage
Produced by	; David Puttnam; Denise Robert
Starring	Lothaire Bluteau;
Cinematography	Alain Dostie
Edited by
Music by
Distributed by	Alliance Films (Canada); PolyGram Film Distribution (France and Belgium); Curzon Artificial Eye (United Kingdom)
Release date	August 24, 1995 (Italy);
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	Canada; France; United Kingdom
Languages	English, French

The Confessional (French: Le Confessionnal) is a 1995 mystery-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 () 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 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.^[2]^[3]

Cast[]

Lothaire Bluteau as Pierre Lamontagne
as Marc Lamontagne
Jean-Louis Millette as Raymond Massicotte
Kristin Scott Thomas as Assistant to Hitchcock
as Alfred Hitchcock
as André Lamontagne
François Papineau as Paul-Émile Lamontagne
Marie Gignac as Françoise Lamontagne
as The Young Priest Massicotte
Anne-Marie Cadieux as Manon
Suzanne Clément as Rachel
as Jeanne d'Arc
as The Parish Priest Laliberte
Billy Merasty as Moose
Paul Hébert as The Parish Priest (1989)

References[]

^ ^a ^b "The Confessional (1995)". UniFrance. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
^ "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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[uni-1] "The Confessional (1995)". UniFrance. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[2] Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

[68thSubmissions-3] "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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v t Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for Best Motion Picture
Canadian Film Awards 1949–1975: Film of the Year	The Loon's Necklace (1949) Newfoundland Scene (1952) Tit-Coq (1953) The Seasons (1954) The Stratford Adventure (1955) City of Gold (1958) Universe (1961) Lonely Boy (1963) Pour la suite du monde (1964) The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam (1966) Warrendale (1967) A Place to Stand (1968) The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969) To See or Not to See (1970) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Les Ordres (1975)
Canadian Film Awards 1964–1978: Feature Film	À tout prendre (1964) The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1965) Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts (1966) Warrendale (1967) The Ernie Game (1968) No Award (1969) Goin' Down the Road (1970) Mon oncle Antoine (1971) Wedding in White (1972) Slipstream (1973) No Award (1974) Les Ordres (1975) Lies My Father Told Me (1976) J.A. Martin photographe (1977) The Silent Partner (1978)
Genie Awards 1980–2011	The Changeling (1980) Les Bons débarras (1981) Ticket to Heaven (1982) The Grey Fox (1983) The Terry Fox Story (1984) The Bay Boy (1985) My American Cousin (1986) Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1987) Un Zoo la nuit (1988) Dead Ringers (1989) Jésus de Montréal (1990) Black Robe (1991) Naked Lunch (1992) Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) Exotica (1994) Le Confessionnal (1995) Lilies (1996) The Sweet Hereafter (1997) The Red Violin (1998) Sunshine (1999) Maelström (2000) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) Ararat (2002) Les Invasions barbares (2003) Les Triplettes de Belleville (2004) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) Away from Her (2007) Passchendaele (2008) Polytechnique (2009) Incendies (2010) Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Canadian Screen Awards 2012–present	Rebelle (2012) Gabrielle (2013) Mommy (2014) Room (2015) Juste la fin du monde (2016) Maudie (2017) Une colonie (2018) Antigone (2019) Beans (2020)

v t Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature (John Dunning Award)
1990s	The Grocer's Wife (1993) Louis 19, le roi des ondes (1994) Le Confessionnal (1995) Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1996) The Hanging Garden (1997) Last Night (1998) Post Mortem (1999)
2000s	La Moitié gauche du frigo (2000) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) Flower & Garnet (2002) Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause (2003) La Peau blanche (2004) Familia (2005) Eve and the Fire Horse and La Vie secrète des gens heureux (2006) Away from Her (2007) Tout est parfait (2008) J'ai tué ma mère (2009)
2010s	Sortie 67 (2010) Nuit #1 (2011) Blackbird (2012) Whitewash (2013) Bang Bang Baby (2014) River and Mina Walking (2015) Old Stone and The Lockpicker (2016) Ava and Black Cop (2017) Une colonie (2018) Murmur (2019)
2020s	Beans (2020)

The Confessional

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