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]

Straight for 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	September 30, 1988 (1988-09-30) (Canada) January 12, 1990 (1990-01-12) (Netherlands)
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	Canada Switzerland
Language	French

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

• 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

Awards

• Straight for the Heart (1988)
• Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Namur, Belgium: Première Magazine First Prize, 1989
• FIN Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Award of Excellence, 1989

See also

• List of LGBT films directed by women