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Exit (1986 film)
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'Exit' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Mnard and released in 1986.Gerald Pratley, 'A Century of Canadian Cinema'. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 72. The film stars Louise Marleau as Marie, a pianist and composer who is haunted by recurring visions of her late first husband John (John Wildman), leading her to experience intense feelings of guilt over both her indirect responsibility for his death in a car accident and her unresolved jealousy over the fact that he had been more successful in his career.Matthew Fraser, "Impressive cast can't save Exit". 'The Globe and Mail', October 10, 1986.
The cast also includes Pierre Curzi as Marie's current husband Michel, Michel Ct as her lover Simon and Louise Portal as her sister Jeanne, as well as Gabriel Panaccio, Sophie Clment, Marie-Michle Desrosiers and Lise Roy in supporting roles.
The film was not positively received by critics. Matthew Fraser of 'The Globe and Mail' wrote that "with that impressive roster of talent, few French Canadian films have ever been so disappointing. Exit, made for a modest $1.5-million, will likely not join 'Le Declin' and the handful of other quality French-language features coming out of Quebec these days. Exit probably won't even find its way out of Quebec: the film opens in Montreal today, but already the distributor is so convinced the movie is a turkey - or navet as they say in French - that he's ruled out a subtitled release for English Canada." For the 'Montreal Gazette', Bruce Bailey wrote that "we could have had an intelligent story about the expiation of guilt after that. But John's frequent re-appearances simply start looking ludicrous after a while and matters aren't helped any when we're asked to buy a bunch of hooey about "astral" projections."Bruce Bailey, "Exit's a mediocre movie despite Louise Marleau". 'Montreal Gazette', October 15, 1986.
The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987, for Best Art Direction/Production Design (Franois Sguin), Best Cinematography (Pierre Mignot), Best Costume Design (Michle Hamel) and Best Original Score (Richard Grgoire, Marie Bernard).Greg Quill, "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". 'Toronto Star', February 5, 1987.
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