Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma

Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma (French: Amnésie, l'énigme James Brighton) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denis Langlois and released in 2005.[1] The film dramatizes the true story of "James Brighton", a gay "mystery man" suffering from dissociative amnesia who was found naked behind a dumpster in Montreal in 1998,[2] and was eventually confirmed as Matthew Honeycutt, a young heterosexual man from La Follette, Tennessee who was attempting to escape from his fundamentalist Christian family.[3]

Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma
Amnésie, l'énigme James Brighton
Directed byDenis Langlois
Produced byBertrand Lachance
Denis Langlois
Written byBertrand Lachance
Denis Langlois
StarringDusan Dukic
Karyne Lemieux
Louise Laprade
Norman Helms
Music byPeter Xirogiannis
CinematographyLarry Lynn
Edited byDenis Langlois
Production
company
Castor & Pollux
Distributed byK Films Amérique
TLA Releasing
Release date
  • September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
English

The film stars Dusan Dukic as Brighton/Honeycutt; Karyne Lemieux as Sylvie, a young woman who engages in trying to help solve the mystery of Brighton's identity; Louise Laprade as psychiatrist Geneviève Marler; and Norman Helms as Félix, a man who takes Brighton in as a house guest before his real identity is confirmed.[4]

The film premiered on September 26, 2005 at Montreal's Cinema Quartier Latin, as a fundraising benefit gala for Gay Line/Gai Écoute, the city's helpline for LGBT people.[1]

The film was cowinner with Tori Foster's documentary film 533 Statements of the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2006 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[5]

References
  1. "Tale of amnesia revives fond memories". Montreal Gazette, September 25, 2005.
  2. "Mystery man can't find key to unlock his past". Montreal Gazette, November 23, 1998.
  3. "Identity crisis". Saturday Night, March 1999.
  4. "Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma". Variety, June 26, 2006.
  5. "“Amnesia” and “533 Statements” Among Top Prize Winners at 2006 Inside Out Fest". IndieWire, June 5, 2006.


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