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Heartbreak (1979 film)

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Heartbreak
L'arrache-cœur
Directed byMireille Dansereau
Written byMireille Dansereau
Produced byBram Appel
Mireille Dansereau
Robert Ménard
StarringLouise Marleau
Françoise Faucher
Michel Mondie
CinematographyFrançois Protat
Edited byMarcel Pothier
Music byAlexandre Luigini
Production
companies
Films Cybèle
Productions Ciné-Plurielles
Productions Vidéofilms
Release date
  • September 7, 1979 (1979-09-07) (MWFF)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Heartbreak (French: L'arrache-cœur) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mireille Dansereau and released in 1979.[1] The film stars Louise Marleau as Céline, a woman navigating complicated relationships with her husband Michel (Michel Mondie) and her mother Françoise (Françoise Faucher).

The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, where Marleau won the award for Best Actress.[1] The film received three Genie Award nominations at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980, for Best Actress (Marleau), Best Screenplay (Dansereau) and Best Editing (Marcel Pothier).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Films look at slices of two kinds of life". The Globe and Mail, September 13, 1979.
  2. ^ "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.
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