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- ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Yeux rouges, Les – Film de Yves Simoneau". Films du Québec, August 15, 2021.
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- ↑ David Lawrence Pike, Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World. University of Toronto Press, 2012. ISBN 9781442612402. p, 166.
- ↑ Gary Michael Dault, "Robert Lepage's Le Confessionnal & Le Polygraphe". Take One , Spring 1997.
