The Heat Line

{{short description|1988 Canadian film directed by Hubert-Yves Rose}} {{Infobox film | name = The Heat Line | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|La Ligne de chaleur}} | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Hubert-Yves Rose | producer = Marc Daigle | writer = Hubert-Yves Rose<br>[[Micheline Lanctôt]] | starring = [[Gabriel Arcand]]<br>[[Gerard Parkes]] | music = [[Richard Grégoire]] | cinematography = Michel Caron | editing = Jean-Pierre Cereghetti<br>Louise Surprenant | studio = [[Association coopérative de productions audio-visuelles|ACPAV]] | distributor = | runtime = 90 minutes | released = {{film date|1988|05||[[1996 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]}} | country = Canada | language = French | budget = }} '''''The Heat Line''''' ({{langx|fr|La Ligne de chaleur}}) is a 1988 [[Canada|Canadian]] drama film, directed by Hubert-Yves Rose.<ref name=pratley>[[Gerald Pratley]], ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1-894073-21-5}}. p. 96.</ref> The film stars [[Gabriel Arcand]] as Robert Filion, a divorced man who is travelling with his young son Maxime (Simon Gonzalez) to Florida to identify and claim the body of his father Eugène (played by [[Gérard Poirier]] in flashbacks and hallucinations) after the older man's death of a sudden heart attack.<ref>[[André Roy (writer)|André Roy]], "La ligne de chaleur : la ligne du risque". ''[[24 images]]'', No.39-40 (Fall 1988). pp. 44–45.</ref>

The film's cast also includes [[Gerard Parkes]] as Norman Simpson, a retired American man they meet on the trip who appears to be trying to ingratiate himself into Robert's life as a replacement father figure, and [[Charlotte Boisjoli]] as Robert's mother.<ref name=chantale>Jean Chantale, [http://cinemacanada.athabascau.ca/index.php/cinema/article/viewFile/4179/4214 "Hubert Yves Rose's La Ligne de Chaleur"]. ''[[Cinema Canada]]'', November 1988. p. 28.</ref>

The film premiered in the [[Directors' Fortnight]] program at the [[1988 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref>Bill Brownstein, "Cannes gives nod to Quebec third time". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', April 8, 1988.</ref> and had its Canadian premiere at the [[1988 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>Peter Goddard, "Canadian movies a mixed bag". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 20, 1988.</ref>

==Response==

In his book ''A Century of Canadian Cinema'', [[Gerald Pratley]] described the film as "a difficult theme almost lost in the monotony".<ref name=pratley/> Writing for ''[[Cinema Canada]]'', Jean Chantale reviewed the film more positively, calling it "deeply satisfying" and evocative, and concluding that "''La Ligne de Chaleur'' is like attending your own funeral. It should not be missed. You will marvel at what you learn about relationships you thought you had pegged."<ref name=chantale/>

[[Richard Grégoire]] received a [[Genie Award]] nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] at the [[10th Genie Awards]].<ref>"Genie award nominees: complete list". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', February 14, 1989.</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0128306}}

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