Confidences of the Night

Confidences of the Night
FrenchL'Amour blessé
Directed byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Written byJean-Pierre Lefebvre
Produced byMarguerite Duparc
StarringLouise Cuerrier
CinematographyJean-Charles Tremblay
Edited byMarguerite Duparc
Production
company
Cinak
Distributed byDisci
Release date
  • October 21, 1975 (1975-10-21)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Confidences of the Night (French: L'Amour blessé, lit. "Wounded Love") is a 1975 Canadian drama film written and directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre.[1] The film stars Louise Cuerrier as a lonely single woman who is spending her evening at home accompanied only by the voices of other people, such as a radio phone-in show and noise from the neighbours heard through the wall; the film's limited plot unfolds when she calls the radio show to talk about leaving her abusive ex-husband, only to then receive angry phone calls from him and his mother.[2]

Cuerrier herself is the only cast member seen on screen in the film; the offscreen voices are provided by a cast including Gilles Proulx, Paule Baillargeon, Pierre Curzi, Frédérique Collin, Monique Mercure, Jean-Guy Moreau, Denise Morelle, Lise Demers and Guy Thauvette.[2]

The film opened in theatres in October 1975. It was later screened out of competition at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 47.
  2. ^ a b Connie Tadros, "Jean Lefebvre's L'amour blessé". Cinema Canada, May 1976. pp. 48-49.
  3. ^ Jacqueline Brodie, "Festival de Cannes: En être ou n’en pas être?". L'Express, May 3, 2011.