The Confessional (film)

The Confessional
Directed byRobert Lepage
Written byRobert Lepage
Produced byPhilippe Carcassonne
David Puttnam
Denise Robert
StarringLothaire Bluteau
Patrick Goyette
Jean-Louis Millette
CinematographyAlain Dostie
Edited byEmmanuelle Castro
Music bySacha Puttnam
Distributed byAlliance Films (Canada)
PolyGram Film Distribution (France and Belgium)[1]
Curzon Artificial Eye (United Kingdom)[1]
Release date
  • August 24, 1995 (1995-08-24) (Italy)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish, French

The Confessional (French: Le Confessionnal) is a 1995 mystery-drama film directed by Robert Lepage.[2]

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 (Patrick 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.[3]

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.

  1. ^ a b "The Confessional (1995)". UniFrance. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. ^ Jay Stone, "Lepage's first feature film a feast for the eyes". Ottawa Citizen, December 1, 1995.
  3. ^ Brian D. Johnson, "Film Review: Le confessional". Maclean's, September 11, 1995.