Compulsive Liar
| Compulsive Liar | |
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| French | Menteur |
| Directed by | Émile Gaudreault |
| Written by | Éric K. Boulianne Émile Gaudreault |
| Produced by | Denise Robert |
| Starring | Louis-José Houde Antoine Bertrand Véronique Le Flaguais |
| Cinematography | Steve Asselin |
| Edited by | Arthur Tarnowski |
| Music by | FM Le Sieur |
Production company | Cinémaginaire |
| Distributed by | Les Films Séville |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Compulsive Liar (French: Menteur) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2019.[1] The film stars Louis-José 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.[2]
The cast also includes Véronique Le Flaguais, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Geneviève Schmidt, Catherine Chabot, Denise Filiatrault, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Luc Senay and Sonia Vachon.
Reception
[edit]The film premiered in theatres on July 10, 2019, and had the biggest opening weekend for a Québécois film in 2019.[3] As of the week of August 15 it had surpassed $5 million at the box office,[4] and had already reached the status of Quebec's 13th highest-grossing film of all time.[5]
The film ended 2019 as the year's top-grossing Canadian film,[6] and received the Golden Screen Award at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[7]
It received three Prix Iris nominations at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020, for Best Supporting Actress (Schmidt), Revelation of the Year (Chabot) and the Public Prize.[8]
Sequel
[edit]In April 2024, Gaudreault announced the launch of production on Menteuse, a sequel centred on Virginie, Bossé's character in the original film.[9] Houde did not return as Simon, due to a decision to take some time off from film following the birth of his son in 2023,[10] but Bertrand, Chabot, Senay and Le Flaguais all returned for the sequel, with new cast additions including Pierrette Robitaille and Rémy Girard.[11]
The sequel is slated for release in 2025.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Menteur – Film de Émile Gaudreault". Films du Québec, June 28, 2019.
- ^ "Un Menteur qui tient ses promesses". Le Journal de Montréal, July 8, 2019.
- ^ "Le film Menteur s’offre le meilleur départ des films québécois de 2019". Ici Radio-Canada, July 15, 2019.
- ^ "Menteur atteint les 5 M$ de recettes dans les cinémas". Le Journal de Montréal, August 16, 2019.
- ^ John Hazelton, "Quebec comedy 'Menteur' scores big at Canadian box office". Screen Daily, August 21, 2019.
- ^ "2019′s top-grossing films at the Canadian box office". Playback, January 7, 2020.
- ^ Patrick Hipes, "‘Antigone’ Named Best Picture At Canadian Screen Awards". Deadline Hollywood, May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Anne-Élisabeth Bossé et Antoine Bertrand joueront dans «Menteuse», une suite de la comédie à succès «Menteur»". Le Journal de Montréal, April 25, 2024.
- ^ Élisabeth Lepage-Boily, "Voici pourquoi Louis-José Houde ne revient pas dans la suite du film Menteur". Showbizz, June 26, 2024.
- ^ a b Manon Dumais, "À menteur, menteuse et demie". La Presse, June 22, 2024.