Polygraph (film)

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Polygraph (French: Le Polygraphe) is a film by Canadian director Robert Lepage, released in 1996.[1]

Polygraph
FrenchLe Polygraphe
Directed byRobert Lepage
Written byMarie Brassard
Patrick Goyette
Robert Lepage
Michael Mackenzie
Produced byPhilippe Carcassonne
Ulrich Felsberg
Madeleine Henrié
Bruno Jobin
Jean-Pierre St-Michel
StarringMarie Brassard
Patrick Goyette
Peter Stormare
Maria de Medeiros
CinematographyGuy Dufaux
Edited byJean-François Bergeron
Emmanuelle Castro
Music byRobert Caux
Pierre Marchand
Production
companies
In Extremis Images
Cinéa
Distributed byCiné 360
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film stars Marie Brassard as Lucie Champagne, an actress who is given the role of Marie-Claire in a film dramatizing a real-life murder, and Patrick Goyette as François, Lucie's former boyfriend who was Marie-Claire's neighbour, remains a suspect in the real crime to the point that even he is no longer fully convinced that he is innocent, and is being pressured to play the killer in the film.[2] The film's cast also includes Josée Deschênes, Maria de Medeiros, Peter Stormare, Marie-Christine Lê-Huu and Richard Fréchette.

The film was inspired in part by the 1979 murder of France Lachapelle, an actress in Quebec City who had been a friend and colleague of Lepage's, with the result that Lepage discovered her body and was actually the police investigator's initial suspect before being cleared,[3] and filmmaker Yves Simoneau's subsequent request that Lepage play the killer in Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges), his 1982 film dramatizing the incident.[4]

Awards

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Genie Awards 17th Genie Awards Best Motion Picture Philippe Carcassonne, Bruno Jobin, Jean-Pierre St-Michel, Ulrich Felsberg Nominated [5]
Best Director Robert Lepage Nominated
Best Actress Marie Brassard Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Josée Deschênes Nominated
Maria de Medeiros Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Robert Lepage, Marie Brassard Nominated
Best Cinematography Guy Dufaux Nominated
Overall Sound Jo Caron, Claude Hazanavicius, Hans Peter Strobl, John Nestorowich Nominated
Sound Editing Jean-Pierre Pinard, Jérôme Décarie, Serge Fortin, Raymond Vermette, Mario Rodrigue, Jacques Plante Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 171.
  2. ^ John Griffin, "Polygraphe: where truth and lies meet". Montreal Gazette, November 16, 1996.
  3. ^ David Lawrence Pike, Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World. University of Toronto Press, 2012. ISBN 9781442612402. p, 166.
  4. ^ Gary Michael Dault, "Robert Lepage's Le Confessionnal & Le Polygraphe". Take One, Spring 1997.
  5. ^ Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 1996.
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