The Mirage (2015 film)
| Le Mirage | |
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| Directed by | Ricardo Trogi |
| Written by | Louis Morissette |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Le Mirage is a Canadian comedy-drama film from Quebec, released in 2015.[1] Written by Louis Morissette and directed by Ricardo Trogi, the film marked Trogi's first time directing a screenplay he had not written himself.[2]
The film stars Morissette as Patrick Lupien, an owner of a sporting goods store who is becoming dissatisfied with the empty consumerism of his day-to-day life and the loss of emotional and sexual intimacy in his marriage to Isabelle (Julie Perreault).[2]
Critics compared the film's themes and plot to both The Decline of the American Empire[3] and American Beauty.[4]
The film was the second-highest-grossing Quebec film of 2015, after Snowtime![5]
References
- ^ "Quebec film Le Mirage takes a darkly comic look at one man's mid-life crisis". Montreal Gazette, August 4, 2015.
- ^ a b "Le Mirage is about a mid-life crisis — unless you're Louis Morissette". Montreal Gazette, July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Le déclin de l'empire de Patrick Lupien". Voir, August 6, 2015.
- ^ "Le mirage et la charte de nos valeurs". Le Journal de Montréal, August 7, 2015.
- ^ Brendan Kelly (18 March 2016). "Beyond Jutra: Gala du cinéma québécois is suffering from an identity crisis". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
External links
- The Mirage at IMDb
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