Le Confessionnal
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Le Confessionnal is a 1995 Canadian drama film by Robert Lepage that intertwines a family mystery with the 1953 Quebec City filming of Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Confessionnal canonical | 1 |
| Le Confessionnal (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7725482 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Confessionnal Context triple: [Robert Lepage, notableWork, Le Confessionnal]
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A.
The Confessional
"The Confessional" is a track from the comedy album "Class Clown" by George Carlin, featuring his sharp, irreverent stand-up about Catholic school and religious upbringing.
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B.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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C.
The Confession
The Confession is a 1970 political drama film directed by Costa-Gavras that explores the harrowing ordeal of a communist official subjected to a Stalinist show trial.
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D.
The Confession
The Confession is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores themes of wrongful conviction, capital punishment, and moral responsibility in the American justice system.
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E.
Les Aveux de la chair
Les Aveux de la chair is the original French title of Michel Foucault’s posthumously published fourth volume of *The History of Sexuality*, which examines early Christian thought on the flesh, desire, and confession.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Confessionnal Target entity description: Le Confessionnal is a 1995 Canadian drama film by Robert Lepage that intertwines a family mystery with the 1953 Quebec City filming of Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess.
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A.
The Confessional
"The Confessional" is a track from the comedy album "Class Clown" by George Carlin, featuring his sharp, irreverent stand-up about Catholic school and religious upbringing.
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B.
A Confession
A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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C.
The Confession
The Confession is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that explores themes of wrongful conviction, capital punishment, and moral responsibility in the American justice system.
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D.
The Confession
The Confession is a 1970 political drama film directed by Costa-Gavras that explores the harrowing ordeal of a communist official subjected to a Stalinist show trial.
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E.
Les Aveux de la chair
Les Aveux de la chair is the original French title of Michel Foucault’s posthumously published fourth volume of *The History of Sexuality*, which examines early Christian thought on the flesh, desire, and confession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Best Motion Picture Genie Award
NERFINISHED
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Genie Award for Best Motion Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Guy Dufaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfAward | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | 1953 Quebec City filming of Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess ⓘ |
| director | Robert Lepage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| distributor | Alliance Releasing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Aube Foglia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Gilbert Sicotte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean-Louis Millette NERFINISHED ⓘ Kristin Scott Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Lothaire Bluteau NERFINISHED ⓘ Normand Daneau NERFINISHED ⓘ Suzanne Clément NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Catholicism
NERFINISHED
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Quebec society ⓘ family secrets ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| hasType | feature film ⓘ |
| language |
English
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French ⓘ |
| musicBy | Robert Marcel Lepage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeElement |
family mystery
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film-within-a-film ⓘ |
| notableFor | interweaving historical film production with personal drama ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| partOf | Canadian cinema ⓘ |
| productionCompany | ACPAV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencesCreator | Alfred Hitchcock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referencesWork | I Confess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995-05-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert Lepage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod |
1950s
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1980s ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Le Confessionnal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | The Confessional NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Le Confessionnal Description of subject: Le Confessionnal is a 1995 Canadian drama film by Robert Lepage that intertwines a family mystery with the 1953 Quebec City filming of Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Le Confessionnal (film)