Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma

Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma (2005)

A young man wakes up naked on a pallet on the street in Montreal. Who is he, what is his name? How did he get here? The only thing he seems to remember is that he's gay. And so begins one of the most compelling gay-themed mysteries we’ve seen. Based on a true story, this young man has been through some trauma that caused his memory loss -- or is he an imposter avoiding the law in some way?

Date of release
2005-09-26
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Denis Langlois

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Montreal

Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denis Langlois and released in 2005. 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, and was eventually confirmed as Matthew Honeycutt, a young heterosexual man from LaFollette, Tennessee, who was attempting to escape from his fundamentalist Christian family.

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