The Seat of the Soul (film)

The Seat of the Soul (French: Le siège de l'âme) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Olivier Asselin and released in 1997.[1] The film stars Emmanuel Bilodeau as Jules, a scientist in the late 19th century who sets out to prove the existence of the human soul after finding a mummy with its heart still beating.[2]

The Seat of the Soul
FrenchLe siège de l'âme
Directed byOlivier Asselin
Produced byArlette Dion
Denise Robert
Written byOlivier Asselin
StarringEmmanuel Bilodeau
Lucille Fluet
Rémy Girard
Music byFrançois Dompierre
CinematographyDaniel Jobin
Edited byRichard Comeau
Production
company
Cinémaginaire
Distributed byMalofilm
Release date
  • September 1, 1997 (1997-09-01)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Lucille Fluet as Sophie, a suicidal young woman with whom Jules falls in love, and Rémy Girard as a detective.

The film premiered in theatres in Quebec on September 1, 1997,[1] and was screened at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 18th Genie Awards in 1998, for Best Overall Sound (Hans Peter Strobl, Daniel Bisson, Jo Caron and Marcel Chouinard) and Best Sound Editing (Myriam Poirier, Mathieu Beaudin, Jérôme Décarie and Jacques Plante).[4]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Siège de l’âme, Le – Film d’Olivier Asselin". Films du Québec, February 1, 2009.
  2. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 192.
  3. Ray Conlogue, "Absurdist work tackles human soul: This dreamlike movie has a private eye, a love interest and an Egyptian mummy". The Globe and Mail, September 2, 1997.
  4. Doug Saunders, "Egoyan film leads Genie race: The Sweet Hereafter picks up nominations for Canada's film awards". The Globe and Mail, November 5, 1997.


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