''Exit'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by

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and released in 1986.

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, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 72. The film stars

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as Marie, a pianist and composer who is haunted by recurring visions of her late first husband John (

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), leading her to experience intense feelings of guilt over both her indirect responsibility for his death in a car accident and her unresolved jealousy over the fact that he had been more successful in his career. Matthew Fraser, "Impressive cast can't save Exit". ''

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'', October 10, 1986. The cast also includes

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as Marie's current husband Michel, Michel Côté as her lover Simon and

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as her sister Jeanne, as well as Gabriel Panaccio, Sophie Clément,

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in supporting roles. The film was not positively received by critics. Matthew Fraser of ''

'' wrote that "with that impressive roster of talent, few French-Canadian films have ever been so disappointing. Exit, made for a modest $1.5-million, will likely not join '' Le Declin'' and the handful of other quality French-language features coming out of Quebec these days. Exit probably won't even find its way out of Quebec: the film opens in Montreal today, but already the distributor is so convinced the movie is a turkey - or navet as they say in French - that he's ruled out a subtitled release for English Canada." For the ''

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'', Bruce Bailey wrote that "we could have had an intelligent story about the expiation of guilt after that. But John's frequent re-appearances simply start looking ludicrous after a while and matters aren't helped any when we're asked to buy a bunch of hooey about "astral" projections." The film received four

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nominations at the

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in 1987, for Best Art Direction/Production Design (

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(

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), Best Costume Design (

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) and Best Original Score (

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).Greg Quill, "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". ''

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'', February 5, 1987.

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* 1986 films 1986 drama films Canadian drama films Films directed by Robert Ménard Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec 1980s French-language films French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films French-language drama films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub