Suspicions (French: Jaloux, lit.'Jealous') is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Patrick Demers and released in 2010.[1] The film stars Maxime Denommée and Sophie Cadieux as Thomas and Marianne, an unhappy couple who are spending time at a cottage in the country to sort out their relationship issues, whose plans are complicated by the intrusions of neighbour Jean (Benoît Gouin).[2] The film, an expansion of his earlier short film Discharge (Décharge),[3] was largely unscripted, with the actors allowed to improvise much of their own dialogue.[4]

Suspicions
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FrenchJaloux
Directed byPatrick Demers
Written bySophie Cadieux
Patrick Demers
Maxime Denommée
Benoît Gouin
Produced byCédric Bourdeau
Stéphane Tanguay
StarringMaxime Denommée
Sophie Cadieux
Benoît Gouin
CinematographyTobie Marier-Robitaille
Edited byPatrick Demers
Music byRamachandra Borcar
Production
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Productions Kinesis
Release date
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered on July 9, 2010 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.[5] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]

The film received two Genie Award nominations, for Best Editing (Demers) and Best Original Score (Ramachandra Borcar), at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.[7] The original short film Discharge, which starred Pierre Brassard, Pierre Gendron and Sonia Vigneault, was the winner of the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

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  1. ^ "Suspicions (Jaloux)". ScreenDaily, July 16, 2010.
  2. ^ "Jealous". Variety, August 1, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Andrew McIntosh, "Décharge (Discharge)". Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ "In the spotlight: Patrick Demers ditches the script for improved realism". Canadian Press, September 17, 2010.
  5. ^ "Canadian films on the international stage: Telefilm announces that five Canadian films will be presented in Locarno Festival's official selection; another six films featured at Karlovy Vary last week". Canada NewsWire, July 15, 2010.
  6. ^ "Canada: A work in progress: Our movie critic takes his annual look at homegrown movies at the Toronto International Film Festival". Toronto Star, September 3, 2010.
  7. ^ Linda Barnard, "‘Café de Flore’, ‘A Dangerous Method’ lead Genie Awards race". Toronto Star, January 17, 2012.
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