Le coeur au poing (1998)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Charles Binamé

Writers:

Charles Binamé (writer)
Monique Proulx (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Louise is living in Montreal, unemployed. Her sister Paulette often gives her a hard time. She only...

Plot Keywords:

Dance Studio | Montreal | Unemployed | Stranger | Dance

Awards:

6 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Pascale Montpetit	...	Louise
Anne-Marie Cadieux	...	Paulette
Guy Nadon	...	Julien
Guylaine Tremblay	...	Marlène
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raymond Bélisle
Stéphane Breton	...	Max
Georges Brossard
Pascale Bussières	...	Marianne
Claude Chamberlan	...	Himself
Marc Gélinas
Venelina Ghiaourov
Marc Labrèche	...	Le camionneur
Rita Lafontaine	...	Rita
Micheline Lanctôt
Dominique Lévesque	...	Frédéric
Normand Lévesque
Hubert Loiselle	...	Le sans-abri
Jean-René Ouellet
Luc Picard	...	Lézard
Luc Proulx	...	Ben Miracle
Linda Sorgini

Also Known As:

Streetheart

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Company:

Canadian Government

Movie Connections:

References La femme et le pantin (1959)

wow, great and realistic movie, very difficult to watch

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for me this movie was extremely difficult to watch. the story is about Louise, who is very shy, do not know what she wants, and is still extremely traumatized from death of her parents from her childhood. she wants attention and feel feelings, but cannot reach nobody and nobody cant really reach her. so she starts to play a game, where she is stopping people on the street and tells them that is giving them one hour oh her life, when they can do anything what they want with her. it is a situation, where she is curious what other people can give her, and what variety of feelings can she feel and get, to feel alive. during the movie we are going through all variety of feelings, emotions and situations. it is very psychological movie, that makes me think a lot, because some people have a lot of luck and other things around them, but they just don't see it or aren't willing to take it, while others (like in this movie), people are desperate and are wiling to do anything to get into some situation and feel something, to feel ALIVE.. and i believe, that the movie is very well made, the reality and situations are realistic. and if you think, it will makes you sad and happy a little bit at the same time.. yeah, and the music is also nice, French acordeon and piano.. anyway, really worth of watching, but it is not a COMEDY!!! (like shown on the top). suitable for club or underground audience. 9 out of 10...