Polygraph (film)


Polygraph 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 , his 1982 film dramatizing the incident.

Awards

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientResult
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsBest Motion PicturePhilippe Carcassonne, Bruno Jobin, Jean-Pierre St-Michel, Ulrich FelsbergNomitated
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsBest DirectorRobert LepageNomitated
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsBest ActressMarie BrassardNomitated
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsBest Supporting ActressJosée DeschênesNomitated
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsBest Supporting ActressMaria de MedeirosNomitated
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayRobert Lepage, Marie BrassardNomitated
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsBest CinematographyGuy DufauxNomitated
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsOverall SoundJo Caron, Claude Hazanavicius, Hans Peter Strobl, John NestorowichNomitated
Genie Awards17th Genie AwardsSound EditingJean-Pierre Pinard, Jérôme Décarie, Serge Fortin, Raymond Vermette, Mario Rodrigue, Jacques PlanteNomitated