Mistaken Identity (film)

Mistaken Identity
FrenchErreur sur la personne
Directed byGilles Noël
Written byGilles Noël
Claude Cartier
Produced byMichel Brault
Anouk Brault
StarringMichel Côté
Macha Grenon
Paul Doucet
CinematographySylvain Brault
Edited byDominique Fortin
Music byJean Vanasse
Production
company
Nanouk Films
Release date
  • September 21, 1996 (1996-09-21) (Cinéfest)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Mistaken Identity (French: Erreur sur la personne), also sometimes billed as Mistaken Person, is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Gilles Noël and released in 1996.[1]

The film stars Michel Côté as Charles Renard, a police officer returning to work for the first time since being left hearing impaired by a bullet wound to the head. He is assigned to investigate Maria (Macha Grenon), an actress who is robbing men to finance a stage production of August Strindberg's Miss Julie.[2] The film's cast also includes Paul Doucet, Marie-Andrée Corneille, Robert Gravel, Paul Savoie and Luc Picard.

At the 17th Genie Awards, Corneille was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.[3]

  1. ^ "Erreur sur la personne – Film de Gilles Noël". Films du Québec, January 2, 2009.
  2. ^ "She only looks frail: Macha Grenon loves her craft and she loves a challenge". Montreal Gazette, February 3, 1996.
  3. ^ "Quebec dominates Genie nominations: Lilies in running for 14 awards, Le Polygraphe for nine". Montreal Gazette, October 17, 1996.