Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille
2022 Canadian film
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Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Jackie Torrens and released in 2022.[1] The film follows Bernie Langille, a man who is investigating the 1968 death of his namesake grandfather at CFB Gagetown under mysterious circumstances.[2]
| Bernie Langille Wants to Know What Happened to Bernie Langille | |
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| Directed by | Jackie Torrens |
| Written by | Jackie Torrens |
| Produced by | Jessica Brown |
| Starring | Bernie Langille |
| Cinematography | Kevin Fraser |
| Edited by | Sarah Byrne |
Production company | Peep Media |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The story is told through a mixture of contemporary footage of the younger Bernie talking about his investigations, old family movies of the older Bernie, and miniature figurine reenactments of the various theories about the death.[2] The film is an expansion of a shorter documentary film Torrens released in 2018.[3]
The film premiered on April 30, 2022, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 2022 FIN Atlantic Film Festival,[4] where it won the awards for Best Atlantic Documentary and Best Atlantic Editor (Sarah Byrne).[5]
