Le Polygraphe (1996)
May 26, 1996Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Patrick Goyette
François Tremblay / Writer
Marie Brassard
Lucie Champagne / Writer
Peter Stormare
Christof Haussman
Maria de Medeiros
Claude
Josée Deschênes
Judith
Richard Fréchette
Producer
James Hyndman
Hans
Marie-Christine Lê Huu
Marie-Claire
Nancy Bernier
Lynda Beaulieu
Jacques-Henri Gagnon
Inspector
Marco Poulin
Inspector
Yves Langlois
Policeman - chalet
Richard Thériault
Maitre d'hôtel
Serge Denoncourt
Waiter
Michael MacKenzie
Writer
Philippe Carcassonne
Producer
Rebecca Blankenship
Anna
Jean Deschênes
Policeman
Ulrich Felsberg
Producer
Madeleine Henrié
Producer
Timothy Brown
Pianist
Bobby Beshro
Barman
Catherine Bégin
(uncredited)
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Release DateMay 26, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
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Polygraph (French: Le Polygraphe) is a film by Canadian director Robert Lepage, released in 1996.
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. 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, and filmmaker Yves Simoneau's subsequent request that Lepage play the killer in Red Eyes (Les Yeux rouges), his 1982 film dramatizing the incident.