THE CONFESSIONAL is a gorgeous film that pays homage to film history while creating its own niche within it. The story, about a long-held family secret, uses Alfred Hitchcock's film I CONFESS to give the secret context, shape, and meaning. The action shuttles between 1952, when mysterious
events took place, to 1995, as a man finally learns about his family's past.
Following the death of his father, Paul-Emile (Francois Papineau), Pierre Lamontagne (Lothaire Bluteau)--a man in his thirties--returns from several years in China to claim the family home left to him. Here he is flooded with memories.
1952. Alfred Hitchcock is in Quebec City, which he has chosen a...
Released:
1996
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins