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Life Is Not a Novel (1993)
Directed by François Bouvier
Drama · 1h 26m
Her publisher forces Marianne to rewrite the manuscript of a novel she wrote and burned in a fit of anguish. Her obsession with her story where the characters she creates murder her own husband becomes overwhelming. She comes to believe he is leading a double life and she imagines the worst. As a matter of fact, her husband Robert is leading a double life: every day, at noon, for a year, he has locked himself up in a small hotel room to also write a novel.
Cast
Gilbert Sicotte
Robert
Marie Tifo
Marianne
Marc Messier
Gérald
L
Louise Deslières
Céline
Jean-Marc Parent
Roch
Raymond Cloutier
Bertrand
Suzanne Garceau
Libraire
James Hyndman
Charles
B
Bernadette Li
Lylyl
H
Hank Hum
Patron du restaurant chinois
J
Jean-Marie Da Silva
Vendeur de pawnshop
M
Michel Frenette
Accordéoniste
Crew
- Director
- François Bouvier
- Writer
- Gilles Desjardins
- Director of Photography
- Philippe Lavalette
- Original Music Composer
- Robert Marcel Lepage
Details
- Original title
- Les Pots Cassés
- Release date
- 1993-09-24
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Les Productions du lundi matin