Phantom Life

Phantom Life
French	La Vie fantôme
Directed by	Jacques Leduc
Written by	Jacques Leduc Yvon Rivard
Based on	La Vie fantôme by Danièle Sallenave
Produced by	Roger Frappier
Starring	Ron Lea Johanne-Marie Tremblay Pascale Bussières
Cinematography	Pierre Mignot
Edited by	Yves Chaput
Production company	Max Films Productions
Release date	August 29, 1992 (1992-08-29) (MWFF)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Phantom Life (French: La Vie fantôme) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1992.[1] An adaptation of the novel by Danièle Sallenave, the film stars Ron Lea as Pierre, an academic at the Université de Sherbrooke who is torn between his marriage to Annie (Johanne-Marie Tremblay) and his extramarital affair with the younger Laure (Pascale Bussières).[2]

The film's cast also includes Gabriel Gascon, Rita Lafontaine, Jean-Guy Bouchard and Élise Guilbault.

The film premiered at the 1992 Montreal World Film Festival,[3] where it was named the most popular Canadian film of the festival. Bussières also won the award for Best Actress.[4]

The film received five Genie Award nominations at the 13th Genie Awards, 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).[5]

References

1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Vie fantôme, La – Film de Jacques Leduc". Films du Québec, May 11, 2009.
2. Bill Brownstein, "Two solitudes ignite when lovers cross linguistic divide". Montreal Gazette, January 22, 1993.
3. Noel Taylor, "Canadian entries at Montreal festival easier to get into than foreign films". Ottawa Citizen, September 4, 1992.
4. "Dark Side of Heart takes Filmfest's top prize". Montreal Gazette, September 8, 1992.
5. "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, November 20, 1992.

External links

• Phantom Life at IMDb