''Phantom Life'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Jacques Leduc and released in 1992. An adaptation of the novel by
Danièle Sallenave, the film stars
Ron Lea
Ron Lea is a Canadian actor, who has had roles in '' Wind at My Back'' (1997–2000), '' Doc'', '' Street Legal'', '' This is Wonderland'', '' Victor'' (2008), ''Flashpoint'' (2009), ''Good Witch'' (2015), and ''The Strain'' (2015).
Early lif ...
as Pierre, an academic at the
Université de Sherbrooke
The Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS; Quebec English, English: ''University of Sherbrooke'') is a French-language Public university, public research university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, with a second campus in Longueuil, a suburb on the Mont ...
who is torn between his marriage to Annie (
Johanne-Marie Tremblay) and his extramarital affair with the younger Laure (
Pascale Bussières
Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Her credits include ''Sonatine (1984 film), Sonatine'' (1984), ''Eldorado (1995 film), Eldorado'' (1995), ''When Night Is Falling'' (1995), ''August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août s ...
).
The film's cast also includes
Gabriel Gascon,
Rita Lafontaine,
Jean-Guy Bouchard and
Élise Guilbault
Élise Guilbault (born April 8, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is most noted for her performances in the film '' The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)'', for which she won both the Genie Award
The Genie Awards were gi ...
.
The film premiered at the 1992
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (), commonly abbreviated MWFF in English or FFM in French, was an annual film festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1977 to 2019.[Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...]
nominations at the
13th Genie Awards
The 13th annual Genie Awards were held on November 22, 1992, to honour Canada, Canadian films released in late 1991 and 1992. They were dominated by David Cronenberg's ''Naked Lunch (film), Naked Lunch'', Jean-Claude Lauzon's ''Léolo'', and Jean B ...
, for
Best Adapted Screenplay (Leduc and
Yvon Rivard),
Best Cinematography (
Pierre Mignot),
Best Art Direction/Production Design (
Louise Jobin),
Best Costume Design (
Michèle Hamel) and
Best Sound Editing (Jérôme Décarie, Diane Boucher, Michel Bordeleau, Francine Poirier and Claude Beaugrand).
["Genie Award nominations". '']Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division.
...
'', November 20, 1992.
References
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1992 films
Canadian drama films
Films set in Quebec
Films shot in Quebec
Films based on French novels
Films directed by Jacques Leduc
French-language Canadian films
1990s Canadian films
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