''Straight for the Heart'' (french: À corps perdu) is a 1988

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. It was filmed in Montreal,Loren Ruth Lerner It is based on

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's novel "Kurwenal".Thomas Waugh It was selected in the official competition of the

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, and the official competition at the

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Plot

Pierre (Habich) is a

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from

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who's working on a reportage in

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. 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

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is over. Sarah (Tremblay) and David (Voita) have moved out, leaving Pierre wondering why. Pierre is haunted by his experiences and memories of war, and those of his relationship with Sarah and David. The memories in his mind are mostly shown in black and white movies with emotional background music. After some time stalking David and Sarah with his photo camera, he meets the young deaf-mute Quentin (Pichette). After a while, he's able to begin a new life with Quentin.

Cast

Matthias Habich Matthias Habich (born 12 January 1940) is a Germans, German actor who has appeared in more than 110 film and television productions since 1965. Habich was born in Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland) and lives in Paris. In the 2001 film ''Enemy ...

as Pierre Kurwenal *

Johanne-Marie Tremblay Johanne-Marie Tremblay (born 1950) is a Canadian actress. She had her first film role in the 1988 '' Straight for the Heart'', after which she was discovered by director Denys Arcand and cast as the character Constance in ''Jesus of Montreal'' (1 ...

as Sarah * Michel Voïta as David *

Jean-François Pichette Jean-François Pichette (born 1962) is a Québécois actor. Filmography * '' Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu)'' (1988), as Quentin * '' An Imaginary Tale (Une histoire inventée)'' (1990), as Tibo * '' Montréal P.Q.'' ( 1992) (TV series), ...

as Quentin *

Kim Yaroshevskaya Kim Yaroshevskaya (born October 1, 1923) is a Russian-born Canadian film, television and stage actress. Best known to audiences in Quebec as a children's entertainer, starring in series such as '' Fanfreluche'' and '' Passe-Partout'' in the 1970s, ...

as Noemie * Jacqueline Bertrand as Mere *

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as Michele * Pierre Gobeil as Le patron * Victor Désy as Dr. Ferron * Mimi D'Estée as Dame agee * Louise Caron as Unnamed role *

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as Unnamed role * Marilyn Gardner as Unnamed role *

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as Unnamed role *

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as Unnamed role

Recognition

In 1989, the film was nominated for several Genie Awards. *

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- Vianney Gauthier - Nominated *

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- Nominated *

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- Michel Arcand - Nominated *

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- Nominated *

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- Nominated The film also won

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’s first prize at the Festival de la francophonie de Namur (in

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) and the award of excellence at the

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in Halifax. It was screened at the

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* * 1988 films Canadian LGBT-related films 1988 LGBT-related films 1988 drama films 1980s French-language films Films directed by Léa Pool Films set in Montreal Canadian drama films LGBT-related drama films Male bisexuality in film Swiss drama films Swiss LGBT-related films 1980s Canadian films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub

Plot

Cast

Recognition

See also

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