Straight to the Heart (1968 film)

Straight to the Heart
FrenchJusqu'au cœur
Directed byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Written byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Produced byClément Perron
StarringRobert Charlebois
Claudine Monfette
CinematographyThomas Vámos
Edited byMarguerite Duparc
Music byRobert Charlebois
Production
company
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Straight to the Heart (French: Jusqu'au cœur) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1968.[1] The film stars Robert Charlebois as Garou, a committed pacifist who is detained by mysterious authorities who try to brainwash him into supporting and defending war, and Claudine Monfette as his girlfriend.[2]

Following its Canadian theatrical premiere in 1968, the film was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ "Première du film «Jusqu'au coeur»". Bilan du siècle (Université de Sherbrooke).
  2. ^ Wendy Michener, "On location with Lefebvre". The Globe and Mail, April 3, 1968.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Les films québécois à Cannes à travers l’histoire". Films du Québec, April 28, 2019.