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Confidences of the Night (French: L'Amour blessé, lit. "Wounded Love") is a 1975 Canadian drama film written and directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre. The film stars Louise Cuerrier as a lonely single woman who is spending her evening at home accompanied only by the voices of other people, such as a radio phone-in show and noise from the neighbours heard through the wall; the film's limited plot unfolds when she calls the radio show to talk about leaving her abusive ex-husband, only to then receive angry phone calls from him and his mother.

Cuerrier herself is the only cast member seen on screen in the film; the offscreen voices are provided by a cast including Gilles Proulx, Paule Baillargeon, Pierre Curzi, Frédérique Collin, Monique Mercure, Jean-Guy Moreau, Denise Morelle, Lise Demers and Guy Thauvette.

The film opened in theatres in October 1975. It was later screened out of competition at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.

Critical response

For Cinema Canada, Connie Tadros wrote that "Nothing happens. Not even the camera moves much. Lefebvre is content to hold the image and to let the woman walk in and out of the frame as if her lassitude has affected the whole crew. She does her nails, bathes and listens. She is alone and defeated. The tabloid papers and the sensational hot-lines keep her company and create the sensation of excitement, of something unusual."

References

1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 47.
2. ^ Connie Tadros, "Jean Lefebvre's L'amour blessé". Cinema Canada, May 1976. pp. 48-49.
3. Jacqueline Brodie, "Festival de Cannes: En être ou n’en pas être?". L'Express, May 3, 2011.

External links

• Confidences of the Night at IMDb

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