Life Is Not a Novel

(1993)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1993

Runtime: 86 мин

Country: Canada

Director: François Bouvier

Cast: Gilbert Sicotte, Marie Tifo, Marc Messier, Louise Deslières, Jean-Marc Parent, Raymond Cloutier, Suzanne Garceau, James Hyndman, Bernadette Li, Hank Hum

Plot

Her publisher forces Marianne to rewrite the manuscript of a novel she wrote and burned in a fit of anguish. Her obsession with her story where the characters she creates murder her own husband becomes overwhelming. She comes to believe he is leading a double life and she imagines the worst. As a matter of fact, her husband Robert is leading a double life: every day, at noon, for a year, he has locked himself up in a small hotel room to also write a novel.