Heartbreak (1979 film)

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).

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
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Films Cybèle
Productions Ciné-Plurielles
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Release date
  • September 7, 1979 (1979-09-07) (MWFF)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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]

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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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