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      The Confessional

      1995 1h 40m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 81% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score In the late 1980s, Pierre Lamontagne (Lothaire Bluteau) travels to his hometown in Quebec after his father dies. There, he runs into his adoptive brother, Marc (Patrick Goyette), who desperately wishes to uncover the mysterious identity of his own biological father. They begin to investigate, which leads them back to 1952, with Alfred Hitchcock (Ron Burrage) filming "I Confess" in the area amid a complex scandal involving the Lamontagne family, Marc's pregnant mother and the Catholic church. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Great film. Nice film editing. Inventive script. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Bah. C'était pas mal un ramassis des mêmes thèmes exploités dans La face cachée de la lune. Bien content de ne pas les avoir écouté dans le sens inverse. En fait, la réalisation est quand même intéressante, mais assez confuse, et on ne s'y attache pas autant que dans le dernier opus de Robert Lepage. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Un chef-d'oeuvre québécois !! Le confessional est un bijoux en matière de langage cinématographique. Les changement de scène sont tout simplement magistrale. Certain peuvent être perdu en écoutant ce film, mais on comprend bien l'essence du film. Un film qui se déroule dans les années 50 et il y a certains moment que l'histoire ce déroule dans les 80. Alfred Hithcock fait parti du film également. UN très bon film que je me suis acheté, mais il vous faut une petite base de cinéma pour comprendre et apprécier l'intégrale du film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member The style of this film more than makes up for the melodramatic plottiness of the whole thing. The brooding and caluculated shots do reveal a deep psychology prevalent to the themes and characters of the movie and the layering of storylines give it a complexity that make the film one of the best Canadian films of all time that could have been hackneyed if handled differently. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautiful and moving film!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Yet another of those angsty Quebecois movies about trying to reconcile the past with the present and finding a national identity. This one, at least, has the decency to be really clever about it. Great camera work, too, and I love the little Hitchcock subplot. The segues between past and present are quite clever: you understand "Okay, now it's the '50s again" even though they never really spell it out for you. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      TV Guide Rated: 4/5 Jul 31, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In the late 1980s, Pierre Lamontagne (Lothaire Bluteau) travels to his hometown in Quebec after his father dies. There, he runs into his adoptive brother, Marc (Patrick Goyette), who desperately wishes to uncover the mysterious identity of his own biological father. They begin to investigate, which leads them back to 1952, with Alfred Hitchcock (Ron Burrage) filming "I Confess" in the area amid a complex scandal involving the Lamontagne family, Marc's pregnant mother and the Catholic church.
      Director
      Robert Lepage
      Producer
      Steve Norris
      Screenwriter
      Robert Lepage
      Production Co
      Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Cinémaginaire Inc., Canal+, Cinéa, European Co-production Fund, Channel Four Films, Enigma Productions, Téléfilm Canada
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Runtime
      1h 40m