---
title: 'Straight for the Heart (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Léa Pool'
released: '1988-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/straight-for-the-heart-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096516/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Straight for the Heart (1988)

1988 · 92 min · Drama · Switzerland, Canada


## Synopsis

Straight for the Heart is a 1988 Canadian-Swiss French-language drama film directed by Léa Pool and written by Pool and Marcel Beaulieu. Adapted from Yves Navarre’s novel Kurwenal, the film follows a Montreal photojournalist who, on returning from a foreign assignment, finds that his ménage à trois relationship has ended. It won Best Dramatic Feature at the 1988 Atlantic Film Festival and was selected for competition at Venice and Chicago.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Léa Pool](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-pool)
- **Screenplay:** [Léa Pool](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-pool), [Marcel Beaulieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-beaulieu), [Michel Langlois](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-langlois)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Osvaldo Montes](https://cinepixo.com/people/osvaldo-montes)
- **Producer:** [Denise Robert](https://cinepixo.com/people/denise-robert), [Robin Spry](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-spry)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pierre Mignot](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-mignot)
- **Editor:** [Michel Arcand](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-arcand)

## Cast

- [Matthias Habich](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-habich)
- [Jacqueline Bertrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-bertrand)
- [Jean-François Pichette](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-francois-pichette)
- [Michel Voïta](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-voita)
- [Pierre Gobeil](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-gobeil)
- [Kim Yaroshevskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-yaroshevskaya)
- [Victor Désy](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-desy)
- [France Castel](https://cinepixo.com/people/france-castel)
- [Johanne Marie Tremblay](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanne-marie-tremblay)

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