The Confessional

The Confessional

Directed by	Robert Lepage
Produced by	Philippe Carcassonne David Puttnam Denise Robert
Written by	Robert Lepage
Starring	Lothaire Bluteau Patrick Goyette
Music by	Sacha Puttnam
Cinematography	Alain Dostie
Editing by	Emmanuelle Castro
Distributed by	Alliance Vivafilm
Release date(s)	August 24, 1995 (Italy) September 29, 1995 (U.S.)
Running time	100 mins.
Country	Canada France United Kingdom
Language	English, French

The Confessional (French: Le Confessionnal) is a 1994 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 brother Marc (Pierre 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 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 Best Canadian Film of 1996.

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)

External links

Canadian Film Award/Genie Award winners for Best Motion Picture

Canadian Film Award	À tout prendre (1964) • The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1965) • Le Festin des Morts (1966) • Warrendale (1967) • The Ernie Game (1968) • The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969) • Goin' Down the Road (1970) • Mon oncle Antoine (1971) • Wedding in White (1972) • Slipstream (1973) • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) • Les Ordres (1975) • Lies My Father Told Me (1976) • J.A. Martin Photographer (1977) • The Silent Partner (1978)

Genie Award	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) • The Confessional (1995) • Lilies (1996) • The Sweet Hereafter (1997) • The Red Violin (1998) • Sunshine (1999) • Maelström (2000) • Atanarjuat (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)