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Compulsive Liar
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'Compulsive Liar' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by mile Gaudreault and released in 2019.[https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/menteur-emile-gaudreault/ "Menteur Film de mile Gaudreault"]. 'Films du Qubec', June 28, 2019. The film stars Louis-Jos Houde as Simon, a man who is confronted by his family about his lifelong habit of being a compulsive liar, and denies it; but he then wakes up the next day in an alternate reality in which all of his past lies have become the truth, forcing him to correct all of his lies with the help of his brother Phil (Antoine Bertrand) in order to reset everything back to normal.[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/07/08/un-menteur-qui-tient-ses-promesses "Un Menteur qui tient ses promesses"]. 'Le Journal de Montral', July 8, 2019.
The cast also includes Vronique Le Flaguais, Anne-lisabeth Boss, Genevive Schmidt, Catherine Chabot, Denise Filiatrault, Johanne-Marie Tremblay and Sonia Vachon.
The film premiered in theatres on July 10, 2019, and had the biggest opening weekend for a Qubcois film in 2019.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1223927/film-menteur-louis-jose-houde-antoine-bertrand-box-office "Le film Menteur soffre le meilleur dpart des films qubcois de 2019"]. Ici Radio-Canada, July 15, 2019. As of the week of August 15 it had surpassed $5 million at the box office,[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/08/16/menteur-atteint-les-5-m-de-recettes-dans-les-cinemas "Menteur atteint les 5 M$ de recettes dans les cinmas"]. 'Le Journal de Montral', August 16, 2019. and had already reached the status of Quebec's 13th highest-grossing film of all time.John Hazelton, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/quebec-comedy-menteur-scores-big-at-canadian-box-office/5142161.article "Quebec comedy 'Menteur' scores big at Canadian box office"]. 'Screen Daily', August 21, 2019.
The film ended 2019 as the year's top-grossing Canadian film,[http://playbackonline.ca/2020/01/07/2019s-top-grossing-films-at-the-canadian-box-office/ "2019s top-grossing films at the Canadian box office"]. 'Playback', January 7, 2020. and received the Golden Screen Award at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.Patrick Hipes, [https://deadline.com/2020/05/canadian-screen-awards-2020-winners-list-antigone-best-picture-1202946133/ "Antigone Named Best Picture At Canadian Screen Awards"]. 'Deadline Hollywood', May 28, 2020.
It received three Prix Iris nominations at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020, for Best Supporting Actress (Schmidt), Revelation of the Year (Chabot) and the Public Prize.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1696771/nominations-finalistes-gala-quebec-cinema-femmes-realisatrices "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Qubec Cinma"]. Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
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