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Being at Home with Claude (1992)

Being at Home with Claude poster
Directed by
Jean Beaudin
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gay man named Yves confesses to killing his lover Claude. He tries to explain his reasons to a police investigator during an interrogation.

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What happens

Being at Home with Claude is a 1992 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudin and based on the play by René-Daniel Dubois. The film stars Roy Dupuis as Yves, a gay man who has just murdered his lover Claude (Jean-François Pichette), and is attempting to explain his reasons to the police investigator (Jacques Godin). The film premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in February 1992. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. The film was co-produced by Les Productions du Cerf and the National Film Board of Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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