Straight for the Heart

Straight for the Heart (French: À corps perdu) 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]

For the Toto song, see The Seventh One.
Straight for the Heart
À corps perdu
Directed byLéa Pool
Produced byDenise Robert
Robin Spry[1]
Written byMarcel Beaulieu
Léa Pool
Yves Navarre (novel "Kurwenal")
StarringMatthias Habich
Johanne-Marie Tremblay
Michel Voita
Jean-François Pichette
Music byOsvaldo Montes
CinematographyPierre Mignot
Edited byMichel Arcand
Release date
  • September 30, 1988 (1988-09-30) (Canada)
  • January 12, 1990 (1990-01-12) (Netherlands)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
Switzerland
LanguageFrench

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 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

Recognition

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

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
  • List of LGBT films directed by women

References
  1. Loren Ruth Lerner Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the ..., Volume 1; Volume 7, p. 1260, at Google Books
  2. Thomas Waugh Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas, p. 490, at Google Books
  3. "LÉA POOL (Director)". lost-and-delirious.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.


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