Confessions of a Hitman

Confessions of a Hitman (French: Confessions) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Luc Picard and released in 2021.[1] Based on Gallant: confessions d’un tueur à gages, a 2015 non-fiction book written by Éric Thibault and Félix Séguin about Canadian contract killer Gerald Gallant, the film stars Picard as Gallant.[2]

Confessions of a Hitman
FrenchConfessions
Directed byLuc Picard
Written bySylvain Guy
Based onGallant: confessions d’un tueur à gages by Éric Thibault and Félix Séguin
Produced byChristian Larouche
StarringLuc Picard
CinematographyFrançois Dutil
Edited byCarmen-Mélanie Pépin
Music byDaniel Bélanger
Production
company
Christal Films
Distributed byLes Films Opale
Release date
  • December 4, 2021 (2021-12-04) (Whistler)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes David La Haye, Sandrine Bisson, Éveline Gélinas, Dany Boudreault, Emmanuel Charest, Jean-François Boudreau, Bobby Beshro, Maxim Gaudette, Louise Portal, Raymond Cloutier and Catherine De Léan.

The film was shot in 2019, on a budget of $6.6 million.[3]

The film premiered at the 2021 Whistler Film Festival,[4] where Picard won the award for Best Director of a Borsos Competition Film.[5] It is slated for commercial release in March 2022.[4]

The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, for Best Supporting Actor (La Haye), Best Adapted Screenplay (Sylvain Guy) and Best Hair (Denis Parent and Jean-Luc Lapierre).[6]

References
  1. André Duchesne, "Premières images du film Confessions". La Presse, February 19, 2021.
  2. "«Confessions»: Luc Picard sacré meilleur réalisateur à Whistler". Le Journal de Montréal, December 20, 2021.
  3. Maxime Demers, "Confessions d’un tueur à gages: Luc Picard dans la peau d'un tueur". Le Journal de Montréal, September 28, 2019.
  4. Emmanuelle Froment, "Le film intriguant Confessions de Luc Picard présenté en première mondiale à Whistler". HollywoodPQ, September 24, 2021.
  5. Charlie Smith, "Cinema of Sleep wins Borsos award for best Canadian feature at Whistler Film Festival". The Georgia Straight, December 20, 2021.
  6. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.


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