Phantom Life () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1992.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Vie fantôme, La – Film de Jacques Leduc". Films du Québec, May 11, 2009. An adaptation of the novel by Danièle Sallenave, the film stars Ron Lea as Pierre, an academic at the Université de Sherbrooke who is torn between his marriage to Annie (Johanne-Marie Tremblay) and his extramarital affair with the younger Laure (Pascale Bussières).Bill Brownstein, "Two solitudes ignite when lovers cross linguistic divide". Montreal Gazette, January 22, 1993.
The film's cast also includes Gabriel Gascon, Rita Lafontaine, Jean-Guy Bouchard and Élise Guilbault.
The film premiered at the 1992 Montreal World Film Festival,Noel Taylor, "Canadian entries at Montreal festival easier to get into than foreign films". Ottawa Citizen, September 4, 1992. where it was named the most popular Canadian film of the festival. Bussières also won the award for Best Actress."Dark Side of Heart takes Filmfest's top prize". Montreal Gazette, September 8, 1992.
The film received five Genie Award nominations at the 13th Genie Awards, for Best Adapted Screenplay (Leduc and Yvon Rivard), Best Cinematography (Pierre Mignot), Best Art Direction/Production Design (Louise Jobin), Best Costume Design (Michèle Hamel) and Best Sound Editing (Jérôme Décarie, Diane Boucher, Michel Bordeleau, Francine Poirier and Claude Beaugrand)."Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, November 20, 1992.
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