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Life Is Not a Novel (1993)

Life Is Not a Novel (1993)

Drama
Release Date: 1993, September 24
Directors: François Bouvier
Countries: Canada
Production: Les Productions du lundi matin
Cast: James Hyndman, Marc Messier, Gilbert Sicotte, Jean-Marc Parent, Raymond Cloutier, Suzanne Garceau, Marie Tifo, Louise Deslières, Bernadette Li, Hank Hum, Jean-Marie Da Silva, Michel Frenette

Overview:

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.