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Phantom Life (1992)

Phantom Life poster
Original title
La vie fantôme
Directed by
Jacques Leduc
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A married academic in his forties is torn between his stable home life with his wife and a passionate affair with a younger woman. The film follows his emotional struggle and the impact on both relationships.

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What happens

Phantom Life (French: La Vie fantôme) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1992. An adaptation of the novel by Danièle Sallenave, the film stars Ron Lea as Pierre, an academic at the Université de Sherbrooke who is torn between his marriage to Annie (Johanne-Marie Tremblay) and his extramarital affair with the younger Laure (Pascale Bussières). The film's cast also includes Gabriel Gascon, Rita Lafontaine, Jean-Guy Bouchard and Élise Guilbault. The film premiered at the 1992 Montreal World Film Festival, where it was named the most popular Canadian film of the festival. Bussières also won the award for Best Actress. The film received five Genie Award nominations at the 13th Genie Awards, for Best Adapted Screenplay (Leduc and Yvon Rivard), Best Cinematography (Pierre Mignot), Best Art Direction/Production Design (Louise Jobin), Best Costume Design (Michèle Hamel) and Best Sound Editing (Jérôme Décarie, Diane Boucher, Michel Bordeleau, Francine Poirier and Claude Beaugrand). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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