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Characaters:
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first
generation:
Paul-Emile Lamontagne (taxi-driver),
Fracoise Lamontagne (wife of Paul-Emile);
old and young priets;
Rachel (sister of Francoise);
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| second generation:
Pierre Lamontagne,
Marc (the son of Paul-Emile and Rachel),
Massicotte,
Manom,
Mowse
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Parallel plots:
| F's Miscarriage and her confession-->
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R's
Pregnancy and her confession
-->
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Suspicion
of Massicott -> |
Birth
of Marc(Life);
Finishing
of I Confess "Cut"-> |
Rachel's
Suicide-> |
| Father's
Death-> |
Search
for Marc-> |
Search
for Father and the photo album-> |
Massicott's
confession in chess
game -> |
Marc's
Suicide-> |
| Showing
of I Confess-> |
Father's
Confession and self-punishment |
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| Massicott's
Revelation-> |
Another pair of Father-Son (Life/Danger) |
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Setting:
1952; 1989 Quebec City;
魁北克在1952年發生的三件大
事：
1. 魁北克現代化(modernity)侵入的表徵.：電視的盛行
2. Maurice Depulessis (1890-1959)再次當選魁北克省長
(1944-1959)支持天主教教會保守右派屬於國家聯盟黨(Union National)。
3. Intertext: Hitchcock's I Confess
(1953; plot
summary )
1989--
透過電視媒體新聞報導的國際事件：
1. 日本代表跨國經濟殖民的勢力： (Brian Mulroney (1939~) ，
加拿大總理，保守主義者。 Massicotte扮演日、加經貿特使
，為經濟殖民者服務的特使 成為「偽父親」。
2. 中國天安門鎮壓屠殺事件： 為內在殖民的代表。
(Ref. 江足滿《國家與性別：當代台灣、印度、加拿大小說與魁北克電影》中外文學 [Chung-Wai Literary
Monthly])
Themes
and Issues:
1. Confession:
- Francoise's -- miscarriage and fear of infertility
- Rachel's -- suicidal tendency
- Massicotte's
- Paul-Emile's
2. Fathers: The absent father: Paul-Emile
False fathers: Hitchcock & Marsicotte
How does the filim reveal who Marc's father is?
3. Family heritage:
diabetes and suicide
Are the Montaigne family doomed?
4. oppression in
history and by history -- past forever
present; references to the political/historical
5. Color Motif:
- the colors red, yellow, blue and green.
Relevant Links
- An
Article (in Chinese) on Le Confessionnal by Tsu-man Chiang
- General or other works --
- Metamorphosis - In Extremis Images production company
presents thoughts on
cinematographic adaptation of theatrical works. Tracks the production
of No by
Robert Lepage.
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