Le Confessional/The Confessional: Robert Lepage, 1995

<p>Often overlooked and overshadowed by its North American cousin, Canadian cinema has nevertheless produced some mesmerising films and directors, including Atom Egoyan, Robert Lepage and Denys Arcand. <em>The Cinema of Canada</em> contains 24 essays, each on a different film and divides itself into three distinct categories: English-Canadian cinema; Québec cinema; Aboriginal cinema. In so doing, it provides a fascinating historical account of the development of film and documentary traditions across the diverse national and regional communities in Canada. Among the many important films discussed are <em>Le Déclin de l'empire américain</em> (1988), <em>I've Heard the Mermaids Singing</em> (1988), <em>Exotica</em> (1994), <em>Le Confessionale</em> (1995) and <em>Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner</em> (2001).</p>