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Straight to the heart Not submitted for classification (R)
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Original Title: En plein cœur
Country of Origin: Quebec (Canada) (2008) French with English Subtitles - 106 minutes
Genre: Drama
Distributor: K-Films Amérique
Directed by Stéphane Géhami
Starring Pierre Rivard, Keven Noël, Julie Deslauriers, Keven Noël
English Canadian Premiere
Benoit, 32, and Jimmy, 14, are car thieves. The first expresses his discontentment in his inability to form a lasting attachment in his love life, and in his sexual appetite. The other, without a father on the scene, has to look after his depressive mother. Given their respective situations "the two are both attracted to one another and push each other away, in a long faltering waltz." (Le Soleil)
Géhami's nervous camera injects a dose of adrenaline that gives the film certain urgency, sincerity and a palpable emotional charge. Pierre Rivard with his "look at once laughing and tragic" (Géhami) and Kevin Noel, tough on the outside tender on the inside, strike straight to the heart of the viewer, with their touching humanity.
Awards
| 2008 |
Vancouver International Film Festival |
Canadian Images |
| 2008 |
Montreal World Film Festival |
World Competition |
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Straight to the heart
Friday, March 27, 2009
at 7:00PM |
Next Show
Showing at 9:30PM
Off And Running
(2008 - 93 min.)
Rated 14A
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