Director
Denis Langlois
Production
Les productions Castor & Pollux inc.
Language
French
Year
2005
90 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1
A young american is found naked in the streets of Old Montreal.
Inspired by real events, AMNESIA – The James Brighton Enigma tells the story of an American found naked and amnesiac in a vacant parking lot in Montreal in 1998. He says his name is James Brighton, but the only thing he’s sure of is that he’s gay. What happened to this young American in search of freedom?
Director : Denis Langlois
Screenplay : Bertrand Lachance et Denis Langlois
Cinematography : Larry Flynn
Editing : Denis Langlois
Score : Peter Xirogiannis
Sound Conception : Denis Saindon
Sound Recording : François Guérin
Production : Bertrand Lachance et Denis Langlois
With : Dusan Dukic, Karyne Lemieux, Norman Helms, Louise Laprade
Denis Langlois
Denis Langlois graduated from Concordia’s University Film program in Montreal. After My life, The Escort, Danny in the Sky and Amnesia – The James Brighton Enigma, winner of best Canadian film at Inside Out Film Festival (Toronto) and Audience Award at LLamale H International Film Festival (Montevideo, Uruguay), he releases A Paradise Too Far in 2017, winner of best feature at Picture This! Film Festival (Calgary). Most of his films were released in France, the USA, the UK, Ireland and Germany. His partner at Castor & Pollux Productions, cowriter and producer Bertrand Lachance has worked with him on all these films.
A Paradise Too Far, 90 min, Fiction, 2017
Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma, 90 min, Fiction, 2005
Danny in the Sky, 88 min, Fiction, 2001
The Escort, 92 min, Fiction, 1996
My Life, 21 min, Fiction, 1992