Set in a dreary urban landscape of Edmonton, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is a dark comedy about a group of twentysomethings looking for love and meaning in the '90s. The film focuses on ...
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Title: Love & Human Remains (1993)
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1 win & 3 nominations.
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| Thomas Gibson | ... | David | |
| Ruth Marshall | ... | Candy | |
| Cameron Bancroft | ... | Bernie | |
| Mia Kirshner | ... | Benita | |
| Joanne Vannicola | ... | Jerri | |
| Matthew Ferguson | ... | Kane | |
| Rick Roberts | ... | Robert | |
| Aidan Devine | ... | Sal (as Aidan Devin) | |
| Robert Higden | ... | The Editor | |
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Sylvain Morin | ... | The Drag Queen |
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Ben Watt | ... | The Native Boy |
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Karen Young | ... | The Singer |
| Serge Houde | ... | The Cowboy | |
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Alex Wylding | ... | The First Victim |
| Polly Shannon | ... | The Second Victim | |
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Set in a dreary urban landscape of Edmonton, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is a dark comedy about a group of twentysomethings looking for love and meaning in the '90s. The film focuses on roommates David, a gay waiter who has has given up on his acting career, and Candy, a book reviewer who is also David's ex-lover. David and Candy's lives are entangled with those of David's friends (a busboy, a psychic dominatrix, and a misogynistic civil-servant) and Candy's dates (a male bartender and a lesbian schoolteacher). Meanwhile, a serial killer menaces the concrete and asphalt neighbourhood in which David and Candy live. Written by Michael Stewart
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Rated R for strong sexual content, language, violence and some drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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David: Not everything, just the important stuff.
Bernie: Same old bullshit! Every day I just go to work, meet a girl, get laid, dump her.
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Written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss
Performed by Karen Young
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Based on the play entitled "unidentified human remains and the true nature of love" See more »Quotes
Bernie: Why is everything so fucking hard?David: Not everything, just the important stuff.
Bernie: Same old bullshit! Every day I just go to work, meet a girl, get laid, dump her.
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Originally rated "NC-17", some sex was trimmed to be re-rated "R". See more »Soundtracks
Can't Help Falling In LoveWritten by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss
Performed by Karen Young
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23 June 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Montréal, Québec, CanadaEdit
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Opening Weekend USA:
$28,280, 4 June 1995Gross USA:
$542,985Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$542,985Company Credits
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There is a serial killer loose in the city killing young women. Various young urbanites exist in this world looking for connections. David McMillan (Thomas Gibson) is a gay waiter tired of acting. His roommate Candy (Ruth Marshall) is a book reviewer who had a fling with him while he was still a 'trainee fag'. David has several friends. Benita (Mia Kirshner) is a dominatrix with psychic powers. Bernie is a creepy civil servant. Kane is a childlike busboy who drives a Porsche. Candy wonders if she should try lesbianism, and she gets hit on by an eager school teacher Jerri (Joanne Vannicola) at the gym. Then again she get hit on by bartender Robert (Rick Roberts).
Based on a play, this Denys Arcand movie has an interesting cast of characters each looking for love. There are explicit sexual subject matters, drugs, and the dark ugliness of the urban life. And always in the background, there is the mystery of the serial killer. It's a great mix of mundane, obscene, desperation, the ugly, and the dark. There are good performances from good actors.