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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]

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

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