Straight for the Heart
| Straight from the Heart À corps perdu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Léa Pool |
| Written by | Marcel Beaulieu Léa Pool Yves Navarre (novel "Kurwenal") |
| Produced by | Denise Robert Robin Spry[1] |
| Starring | Matthias Habich Johanne-Marie Tremblay Michel Voita Jean-François Pichette |
| Cinematography | Pierre Mignot |
| Edited by | Michel Arcand |
| Music by | Osvaldo Montes |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Switzerland |
| Language | French |
À corps perdu (American English title: Straight for the Heart) is a 1988 Canadian/Swiss French-language drama film. It was filmed in Montreal,[1] It is based on Yves Navarre's novel "Kurwenal".[2] It was selected in the official competition of the Venice Film Festival, and the official competition at the Chicago International Film Festival.[3]
Plot
Pierre (Habich) is a photojournalist from Montreal who's working on a reportage in Nicaragua. There he sees many people being executed and he takes photographs of them. Even of the death of a young child and of his mother crying. Back home in Montreal, his ten-year bisexual ménage à trois (threesome) is over. Sarah (Tremblay) and David (Voita) have moved out, leaving Pierre wondering why. Pierre is haunted by his experiences and memories in war, and those of his relationship with Sarah and David. The memories in his mind are most of the times shown in black and white mouvies with emotional background-music. After some days, when he's been stalking David and Sarah with his photocamera, he meets the young deaf-mute Quentin (Pichette). After a while he's able to begin a new life with Quentin.
Cast
- Matthias Habich as Pierre Kurwenal
- Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Sarah
- Michel Voïta as David
- Jean-François Pichette as Quentin
- Kim Yaroshevskaya as Noemie
- Jacqueline Bertrand as Mere
- France Castel as Michele
- Pierre Gobeil as Le patron
- Victor Désy as Dr. Ferron
- Mimi D'Estée as Dame agee
- Louise Caron as Unnamed role
- Louise Marleau as Unnamed role
- Marilyn Gardner as Unnamed role
- Albert Millaire as Unnamed role
- Jean Gascon as Unnamed role
Recognition
In 1989, the film was nominated for several Genie Awards.
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Vianney Gauthier - Nominated
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Pierre Mignot - Nominated
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing - Michel Arcand - Nominated
- Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - Robin Spry, Denise Robert - Nominated
- Genie Award for Best Music Score - Osvaldo Montes - Nominated
The film also won Premiere Magazine’s first prize at the Festival de la francophonie de Namur (in Belgium) and the award of excellence at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax.[3] It was screened at the Venice Film Festival.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Loren Ruth Lerner Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the ..., Volume 1; Volume 7, p. 1260, at Google Books
- ^ Thomas Waugh Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas, p. 490, at Google Books
- ^ a b "LÉA POOL (Director)". lost-and-delirious.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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